What NOT to do when tutoring

After watching a clip of a tutoring session in class last week, I have made a list of a few things that shouldn't be done if I were tutoring a student. These don't's are:

1. Walking into the session with improper attire. The tutor in the clip walked into the session wearing her tennis outfit. She should have been dressed more appropriate.

2. Not paying attention to the student whom you are tutoring. The clip showed the tutor fidgeting around and not paying attention to the problems and needs that the student was trying to explain to her. Instead she was looking inside the desk, drinking soda, and not giving the student 100% of her attention.

3. Cutting a session short. The tutor in the video barely spent any time what-so-ever with the student. Instead, she was pretty much rushing the student because she had somewhere less important to be.

4. Finding time to help the student. The tutor made it extremely clear to the student that she wasn't very much interested in helping and tutoring him. The student had asked the tutor if she would be able to pencil him into her schedule because of a test coming up, and the tutor just brushed the student off and did not even make an effort to go and take some time out to meet up with the student and have a session.