I got an interesting email from a customer today which led to a topic that I don’t think I’ve ever addressed on the site, so I thought I’d write a blog post about it since the answer is kind of fun and applies to a lot of situations in Pre-Calc, Calc, and beyond… The question

Preparing For Standardized Tests — ANY Standardized Test Lately, maybe because summer is coming (a time when people take tests to place into programs), we’ve gotten a lot of emails from customers wondering if we have specific prep materials for the test they are taking. Some, like Praxis, are common enough that we’ve developed a

A prospective member of our service wrote in to ask about whether our Accuplacer review program is good for the “next generation” version of the Accuplacer coming in 2019, so I thought now would be a good time to write a blog post about this since this question is going to start getting asked a

I got this email from a member: Hi. I am a parent of a 10th grader in Math 3. Struggled this year in math for first time in life. C’s first 2 quarters. Heard about/signed up for Thattutorguy and we were requiring our son to visit daily for 20min. Seemed to help. Grades improved, but

We recently received the email below from a customer who used our site, and I thought I’d share it because it brings up something I have been thinking about a long time regarding how in-person tutoring has its downsides, including for some people decreasing their math confidence.  And I think this email sort of crystallized

Overall, if you’ve learned anything from this blog, hopefully it is that tutoring companies are like drug dealers in that both industries really really really like repeat customers. And like drugs, tutoring has a short-term appeal that tends to pull families in deeper, breeding dependence. Once you’ve gotten a bit of tutoring in Algebra, it

I’m definitely one for hyperbole, so take that with a grain of salt while I explain what I mean. All I’m saying is that tutors and drug dealers have vaguely similar business models, in the sense that like drug dealers, the best thing to do with tutoring companies is to steer clear and never get

For many parents who have a student struggling in school, the idea of tutoring can seem like a great idea. After all, it’s not that expensive if you find something to fit your budget; everyone else is doing it (or at least it seems that way); and you figure you can just try it out