Paul the Tutor’s Education Center

I emailed Paul when my freshmen finally realized he was «not getting» his math class and no amount of studying seemed to be helping. Paul made contact within a couple of hours. Paul gave me a list of tutors who work for him and were available for ASAP studying (over the weekend) in order to prep for Monday’s quiz. My son started with Adrianna. They logged in about 3.5 hours, went through homework, looked at what he was missing, she offered him some test strategies and BAM, he posted his highest grade all quarter, a 86%! Needless to say, he is thrilled that math seems to be making sense, he willingly passed on an end of year event for his track team tonight in order to make his tutorial session. We are looking forward at finishing the year with Adrianna in his corner and hopefully he will be motivated to work a bit over the summer in order to make next year easier. I couldn’t be more pleased.

Paul really helped my daughter who was having trouble with the SAT reading section because of her dyslexia. She had a college tutor but that woman didn’t understand how to teach those test skills to a child with dyslexia. In 2 months, Paul got her score up 120 points. Paul was very accommodating because we live in SJ, they skyped the lesson once a week. Now my daughter has a combined SAT score of 1910 and she qualifies for many good colleges. Paul is the best!

I have watched Paul interact with my children as well as many friends of my children over the past three years. Paul is a big guy with a big smile and sense of humor; He is one of those guys who is outgoing in every situation, meeting people wherever he goes. With children, Paul has a gift for quickly understanding how each kid likes to communicate. He takes work seriously and is frank with kids while keeping an upbeat attitude. Paul has not worked as a tutor with my children, but I recommend him regularly to parents who are seeking a tutor because he is intelligent and simply so at-​ease with kids and people in general.

Paul is the best tutor one could go to, especially if that one is a concerned parent looking to position their child with the best possible tools.
He does not teach math, he explains the logic of math. Paul is a principle based teacher, he teaches the logic of the subject matter so the student learns the underlying principles essential for true understanding; I.E. no memorization, but real, god honest understanding of the material.
Just to give you a very, very basic example, instead of saying 5 times 24, Paul would propose something akin to: what if you have 5 groups of 24? And if that didn’t work, he would draw diagrams, adapt his language further, and seemed to actually enjoy trying to explain the subject matter; he has a real passion for teaching, is more or less what I am saying, and, for my (older now) and many other/​future/​your? childrens’ sake, it is an effective passion for teaching.
Paul is the crème de la crème of tutors, you could not do better, and would notice an immediate difference, to your relief I am sure.
This guy can take a D student and make them an A student, he is a miracle worker, so long as the child has some spark left for learning, he can be the fire starter.
Not to mention that ultimately, I actually saved more money from Paul’s SAT tutoring in the form of scholarships than I paid for the tutoring!
Just in case you are wondering, this an honest review, that is dead on accurate. It’s literally been years since I have talked to Paul (7 or 6) and I still sometimes reflect on how much I learned from him. In college and even the work place, his guidance at that point in my life is now invaluable.
++++ he is a really cool guy that teenagers/​kids will like.

My son worked with Paul the Tutor for SAT prep. and not only did his scores improve, but the process was well thought out, thorough, and without any negative judgment towards my child’s learning disability.