At Oxford Tutoring, diverse students engage with varying levels of understanding, and the joy of learning is evident when concepts are grasped. This summer, the author taught website design to a student who showed determination despite struggles, completing all assignments and expressing a desire to learn more. The student's progress culminated in a successful final project where she excelled in creating a web page, demonstrating that challenges are integral to learning and growth.

1. The Light in Their
Eyes

2. At Oxford Tutoring,
there is always an
array of students.
Some students who
are advanced, some
in the middle, or
others who just need
a helping hand.

3. Regardless, one
things has always
been the same: when
students finally grasp
an unknown concept,
their faces light up!

4. This summer I began
to teach website
design.
The subject is in my
area of studies, and I
was looking forward
to getting the
opportunity to teach
it.

5. I spent time writing
the curriculum and
doing extensive
research on new
program updates.
During the four
weeks of teaching,
even though my
student struggled, she
continued to turn in
all of her numerous
assignments.

6. I noticed that even
though my student
did not want to
pursue a career in
the area of website
design, she was still
interested in the
material. She asked
as many questions as
she could.

7. What impressed me
the most is that even
though there were
moments where she
was having a hard
time, my student
would often ask if
she could try it on
her own before I
stepped in to help.

8. To learn two
programs, Photoshop
and Dreamweaver, in
four weeks, is not
easy on any student.
She picked up
Photoshop relatively
easily, but when we
got to Dreamweaver,
there was a
difference.

9. The program has a
very different
interface and she
would often pause and
ask for a hint.
Yet when it came
down to the
homework I had
given, they would
always be turned in
on time.
She would also do
additional work on
her own.
When I asked her
why she did this, she
simply stated, “It
looks so cool when
you do it! I want to
try it too!”

10. As a tutor, it is always
fantastic to see and
hear your students
desiring to learn
more.

11. As the session
progressed, the
student learned
various coding tags,
colors, and basic
website design
techniques.
The last class was the
greatest moment of
all.

12. The student admitted
that she was slightly
overwhelmed, but
was ready to learn
the final steps.
For the quiz I gave
the student thirty
minutes to design
one page of her
website.
She sighed, but told
me not to help her
throughout the quiz
no matter what!
I knew she would
succeed and agreed
to only keep score
until the time was up.

13. And succeed she did!
Not only completing
but excelling at
various font changes,
DIV boxes, DIV color
changes, margin
spacing, padding
spacing, navigation,
links and creaked a
footer.

14. The student proved
that although there
may have been
difficulties, it was still
worth it to try.
Students often think
that an instructor
assigns a harder task
for no reason.
This is not the case.

15. A tutor challenges a
student because he or
she is confident that
student can rise to
meet the challenge.
At Oxford Tutoring,
when a student and
tutor come together
striving to learn, the
sky is the limit!

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