That serves two purposes. One is to provide a source of money to the many financially needy students while they are in school. The other is to give students an early experience in the world of work. Just as we adults are paid for our work, so are the students. And whether we think it is enough or not, that we get paid is a measure, a symbol of the appropriateness and worth of what we do.
Tutors develop personal connections.
Tutors develop very strong personal ties with each other, with their teachers, with the children they are tutoring, and with their families. Benefits for Family Family life is improved. Our sense is that part of that has to do with the fact that the tutor commands respect, which creates improved relations. This is a finding, by the way, that we did not expect in our research and it showed up as part of the empirical data. Communication between the schools and the families is improved.