Dear Blabby,
Why do some tutors charge students for tutoring when your
website says tutoring is free? Broke
Dear Broke,
None of the tutors who work for the LRC
will ever charge any fee for tutoring. They are paid by the LRC
for their services, not by the individual students they work
with.
You might see signs around
campus offering tutoring services. The students who put up these
signs are not affiliated with the LRC. They might be very
good students, or they might not. This is a buyer beware
situation. If they do not work for the LRC, they have not been
through the LRC’s screening process,
which includes approval by the faculty member who taught each
LRC tutor each course he or she tutors, and they have not been
trained in best practices for tutoring. They may do too much of
the work for you, and then you won't learn what you need to
learn. This can be catastrophic when it comes time for an exam.
It can also hurt you a lot in courses such as writing--you might
get a good grade but find out later on the job that you can't
write at a level expected by your employer.
When in doubt, check it out.
All tutors who work for the LRC see students by appointment
after the student has filled out the proper online form
available at
http://www.altoona.psu.edu/WebAccess/lrc/options.asp .
In addition, tutors who work
for the LRC do not make house calls. Tutoring sessions are held
in public places; this is for the safety of both the student and
the tutor. Best wishes, Blabby
