18th December 2012 9:00
By Blue Tutors
December is always a funny month for tuition. It is really busy for the first three weeks, and then obviously not much is done after that. It’s actually one of the more difficult times for the tutor-student relationship because a lot of students are keen to have as many lessons as possible in the run up to the January exams. I’ve had students who happily would have had a Christmas day lesson if I had been available. However, tutors tend to want the break and are usually away with their family over that period.
Of course, whether there are lots of lessons taking place or not makes very little difference to how much I have to do, and last week felt really productive. I’m now all set up with my new computer, which has made programming, in particular, much quicker. I think it’s just that the program I use is faster, and it’s on a bigger screen, so I spend less time scrolling up and down.
Also, on Friday I interviewed a few more people to replace Harriet for 3 months. I’ve made a decision about who to take on, but it was very tough, and I’d be happy to employ pretty much everyone I met.