Am I qualified to tutor if I ace the class?

[D0CTORX]

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I am not quite done with Organic Chemistry I but I am pretty sure I will end up with an A.

I like the stuff and so I guess that is why I did so well because a lot of it made sense to me.

So my real question is am I "qualified" to tutor a subject if I aced the class?

I was planning on offering tutoring for organic chem I, gen chem and math since I got As through all those classes.

 

[mmmcdowe]

I am not quite done with Organic Chemistry I but I am pretty sure I will end up with an A.

I like the stuff and so I guess that is why I did so well because a lot of it made sense to me.

So my real question is am I "qualified" to tutor a subject if I aced the class?

I was planning on offering tutoring for organic chem I, gen chem and math since I got As through all those classes.

You are aualified if you can convince people to pay.

 

[Frazier]

I am not quite done with Organic Chemistry I but I am pretty sure I will end up with an A.

I like the stuff and so I guess that is why I did so well because a lot of it made sense to me.

So my real question is am I "qualified" to tutor a subject if I aced the class?

I was planning on offering tutoring for organic chem I, gen chem and math since I got As through all those classes.

Find one of your non-science major friends and see if you can teach him how to name a simplistic hydrocarbon, or how a simple rxn takes place [in a way that he can understand it]... If you can, congrats, you have the power to teach a person.

PS: you might be thinking, "What? Why a nonscience major? Surely, they are far below the students I would be tutoring!"... Well, after offering chemistry sessions for a few years myself -- I can tell you that you'd be surprised.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

Through something like an official tutoring program or on your own? Either way, usually they only qualifications they have is that you got an A in the same class you're tutoring, so yes.

 

[Owlie]

As long as you confidently know the material, and can explain it well. I'm tutoring people in my same class as we go, however informally. Just don't be the crazy tutor that tells them something wrong and makes them get points taken off on their test. They will hate you for life.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Through something like an official tutoring program or on your own? Either way, usually they only qualifications they have is that you got an A in the same class you're tutoring, so yes.

Its truem ive been tutoring for money for nearly a decade now. While i now have experience the basic requirement has always been my grade or score in something.

 

[Sophocles]

I tutored gen chem I/II after receiving A's in both classes and I quickly realized how much I didn't know. I was one of those guys who learned the material for the exam and then did a data dump afterwards. Therefore, when the students would ask me abstract questions about the material, I would fumble and have to go home and re-learn the why's. I knew how to do the problems but I didn't have a great grasp on the why I was doing it. In the end, it was a great learning experience for me; in the sense that I really really learned the material and I became a better "instructor", but I feel that there should have been a better person that was more qualified to teach helping the students.

Also, just because you might be a genius in the subject, doesn't mean that you can teach it. I have had Nobel Laureates that can't teach worth a lick, yet they are incredibly amazing at what they do.

Everyone is different and I'm sure if you think about it you will make the right decision for you. Good luck.

 

[cheechootrain]

My qualifications for tutoring chemistry. A bachelor's degree in Chemistry.

 

[tehrevenant3]

You are certainly qualified to tutor if you ace the class, but being a qualified tutor and being a good tutor are two different things. After three years of working at a tutoring center, I have to say that the best tutors I've seen are often the ones who struggled (probably still A students, but the ones who had to work harder to the get the concepts) because they have a lot of study strategies and tools for breaking down problem areas.

 

[Sophocles]

You are certainly qualified to tutor if you ace the class, but being a qualified tutor and being a good tutor are two different things. After three years of working at a tutoring center, I have to say that the best tutors I've seen are often the ones who struggled (probably still A students, but the ones who had to work harder to the get the concepts) because they have a lot of study strategies and tools for breaking down problem areas.

+1👍

 

[Batman MD]

You are certainly qualified to tutor if you ace the class, but being a qualified tutor and being a good tutor are two different things. After three years of working at a tutoring center, I have to say that the best tutors I've seen are often the ones who struggled (probably still A students, but the ones who had to work harder to the get the concepts) because they have a lot of study strategies and tools for breaking down problem areas.

Came here to address a similar point. +2👍