I think I've stumbled upon grad school gold. A few days ago, one of my class members asked me to tutor her in three of our four classes for the rest of the semester. Unfortunately, she didn't do that well on the midterms and is looking to do better. I never turn down a request for help, so I'm all in.
Turns out, she's doing me more of a favor than she thinks I'm doing for her. (Did that make sense?) Let me re-phrase. She's worried that this gig might over-burden me, but frankly, it's helping me stay on top of my studying. Because it's not just about me anymore, I have to be prepared when we meet! I have to know this stuff if I expect to help her any. So tutoring her is actually helping me to do the readings, take the notes, understand the material and then work with her on it.
I can't believe I didn't think of this before. My biggest weakness (well, one of the many) is discipline. I can let myself down all the time and get over it. But I'll be a monkey's uncle if my laziness is going to have a negative impact on someone else! So tutoring turns out to be great motivation and discipline to get work done and get it done well. I wonder if my own grades are going to improve now? I bet they will. Which is good, I like them nice and high.
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