{"id":432,"date":"2007-06-05T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=432"},"modified":"2014-05-27T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T20:46:17","slug":"tutors-and-tutees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"tutors and tutees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s kicking, Aska?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going into third year in September and I&#8217;d like to be like a mentor or a tutor or something for some 1st or 2nd year students. I&#8217;m not looking to get paid for this, and I&#8217;m also not looking to associate with anyone other than U of T students (IE that high school thing they&#8217;re always advertising at Sid Smith is out). Any suggestions aska? I&#8217;m a philosophy major and my GPA kicks ass&#8230; if either of those things matter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>while spending time with first-years for free doesn&#8217;t exactly sound like a walk in the park, there are places you can do it if you feel so inclined.<\/p>\n<p>U of T offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulife.utoronto.ca\/organizations\/view\/id\/1886\">peer tutoring program<\/a>, where all tutors will recieve an official letter of recognition from a U of T professor! awesome? not quite. but it looks great on a grad school application. all the contact information is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulife.utoronto.ca\/organizations\/view\/id\/1886\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>just remember &#8211; those first years are vulnerable. just because you understand the critique of reason doesn&#8217;t mean you have to be unreasonable.<\/p>\n<p>cheers, askastudent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s kicking, Aska? 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