Math is by far my worst subject in college. I can never seem to figure things out. I am hanging on to passing college algebra by just a thread. But you know what makes math even harder to pass? When the "tutoring" center here on campus is totally incapable of helping me with my homework assignments. I go in there yesterday and end up teaching myself more than the tutors did! I had to literally explain to the guy that helped me, how to do the equation, step by step, and even when he did halfway understand it, he bitched about not having enough information to complete the problem, even though there clearly was. He then pulled a solving method completely out of his ass, and what do you know? The answer was horrendously wrong! I was doing it right the whole time and listening to that guy was one of the worst decisions I have ever made.
Oh! Did I mention that I got the wrong answer from this guy, after waiting 45 minutes to receive help? What a gigantic waste of time! Here is an idea for you tutoring center.
1) Get more help in there so students aren't waiting an hour to get help on one single problem.
2) Elect people to work in there that actually can help people. Just pulling random people off campus and telling them they are now going to tutor kids in math, is obviously not working. When tutors are not capable of helping a student, there is obviously something wrong.
3) Hire people that actually know how to speak proper English! I witnessed yesterday a tutor helping another student and he took almost an hour to explain that one problem, just because the kid could not understand what he was saying.
If I was the supervisor for the tutoring center I would take these suggestions to heart, because as of right now you are a giant waste of space in the math building. You could put toilets in that room that would serve more of a purpose to me. Just saying.
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