Find this article on Medium and and SchoolRubric. Two months ago, I thought I had it the worst. My freshman college experience was derailed. Friendships that had just begun to bloom, cut at the stem. For days I mourned alongside friends the lost picnics, the 3 am conversations lasting unwittingly into dawn, and the readings creeping up to deadlines. We mourned the missed opportunities to strengthen the bonds we had made during our too-short time on the Stanford campus, and the mourning bled into our lives after we left. It was only after the dust began to settle — and uncertainty became my only certainty — that I realized something critical: my peers and I aren’t the only students filled with concerns about our educational future. So are high schoolers.
Around the United States and all across the world, sophomores, freshmen, juniors and seniors are left deeply uncertain about what is generally regarded as the most certain experience of someone’s life up until they are sent off to college. The fact that school happens every year, in some form or another, is universal. We expect the back-to-school ads, trying on prom outfits, the senioritis creeping in during the spring, and the anxious waiting for the summer. But in between, you go to school. You cram for tests, do your homework (hopefully), study out of absurdly heavy textbooks, and take advantage of the resources you have to maximize your schooling. For high schoolers now, those rites of passage are completely up in the air. Until at least the fall, going to school at all is anywhere between an impossibility and mystery. The lack of school normalcy is felt across the board, be it by the many high school students who have personified grit and have dedicated countless hours in and outside of the classroom into academics, or the college-bound scholars who were resolved on converting the past four years of college research, SAT and ACT prep work to lifelong achievements. Welcome to the online era. Insufficient, isn’t it? This new, more globalized education system uprooting the high school experience has highlighted the gap among competing students. With the SAT being a system to game and the college application process being a game to play, there’s this absence of fair representation apparent in secondary educational institutions. The lack of access to educational tools, support resources, and mentorship for the various students coming from underserved communities is, to put it simply, alarming. There are now many who are sitting at home unsure of what the rest of the year and maybe the rest of their life will look like. A few weeks ago, while we sat at home working towards finishing another quarter at Stanford, we thought of what a sudden and drastic change like this would have meant to us at such a critical turning point in our lives. Everyone faces uncertainties during these unusual times, but as my peers and I dried our tears, we set out to do something about it. Our motive is simple: It’s what we hope someone would do if we were in those shoes. So we tapped into our extraordinary network, reaching out to our peers and community at Stanford and beyond, and leveraging all the merits, privileges, and tools that Stanford University had equipped us with. In one week, we created a website. In two weeks, we had a cavalry of nearly 300 world-class students interested in committing their time and expertise in helping to make a difference, no matter where they were located in the world. In three weeks, we formed a tutoring company and began offering our services to the countless thousands of impacted high school students. Tree Tutors aims to provide accessible, affordable tutoring by pairing Stanford students with high schoolers around the country and the world. By doing so, we fulfill a dual need of helping high schoolers to have a meaningful educational experience and of employing college students who can use the additional income. Many of our tutors have lost their on-campus jobs and are now faced with unexpected financial insecurities or obligations. For this reason, Tree Tutors is student-centered at every step of the way; the more students we can reach, the bigger of a difference we can make in our both broader and immediate communities Our financial model is based on a dynamic of get-two-give-one; for every two one-hour sessions Tree Tutors teaches, we provide a free hour of learning to a student who demonstrates financial need. We compile free resources that are organized by Stanford students, sharing details about their college experience, lessons learned during their time in high school, and personal knowledge & academic expertise. It’s important for all the college hopefuls out there that even those who’ve ‘made it’ have encountered major hurdles. More importantly, Tree Tutors offer a sense of normalcy, a lifeline to a disrupted educational system, at a time when guidance is becoming increasingly uncommon. In these past few weeks, we’ve realized just how insufficient online schooling is. Taking classes from a computer does far too little for far too many. Turns out, Zoom High isn’t all it’s cut out to be. It’s easy to be unmotivated at this time. It’s hard finding routine and meaningful ways to wait for weeks to pass by. So, high schoolers: if you can, see this opportunity. Take the time to make an impact, on your education or in your community. We’re amazed at the response Tree Tutors has received so far, and we’re excited to see what the future holds for us. In the coming weeks and months, we hope to further our mission of providing affordable, world-class tutoring to students across the country, from packed metropolitan areas to quiet rural towns. Our team comes from them all. In times of crisis, it is very easy for vulnerable people to slip through the cracks of our education system. Through Tree Tutors, we plan on doing our part to prevent this. We can’t give you your normal classroom back, but we can prepare you while it’s gone.
24 Comments
7/7/2020 08:45:36 am
I’ve desired to post about something similar to this on one of my blogs and this has given me an idea. Cool Mat.
Reply
7/13/2020 01:34:05 am
Thanks a lot for sharing. Will check back later for more of your articles.
Reply
7/16/2020 01:30:24 am
I really enjoyed reading this post, I always appreciate topics like this being discussed to us. Thanks for sharing.
Reply
7/19/2020 09:33:58 am
Thanks for give me information on this topic. you have sharing very nice post.
Reply
7/20/2020 12:32:56 am
I really be grateful for your blog, you have completed the great job. Thanks for the bunch of excellent resourceful site.
Reply
7/21/2020 01:47:10 am
Thank you for the work you have put into your nice blog. We will bookmark to your blog because it is very informational. We love the site and will come back to see your new posts.
Reply
7/22/2020 02:02:24 am
A mind blowing article is provided here. And it is written with great skill and the words directly explain the thought of author.
Reply
7/23/2020 10:33:44 am
Its wonderful blog really very nice site and blog facility.every title is very nice and very fatastic concept. Thanks for sharing the information.
Reply
7/27/2020 08:59:17 am
It was a beneficial workout for me to go through your webpage. It definitely stretches the limits with the mind when you go through very good info and make an effort to interpret it properly. I am going to glance up this web site usually on my PC. Thanks for sharing
Reply
9/28/2020 07:31:07 am
This is very nice blog because information provided here through the article and the pictures are very effective. Because sometimes words cannot explain the things that pictures can and here the words and pictures both are expressing the things in balance.
Reply
10/2/2020 07:23:15 am
This is a great inspiring article. I am pretty much pleased with your good work. You put really very helpful information. Keep it up. Keep blogging. Looking to reading your next post.
Reply
10/13/2020 07:10:05 am
Good information here. I really enjoy reading them every day. I've learned a lot from them.Thanks so much for sharing this information. Greatly help me being a newbie.
Reply
11/28/2020 03:21:01 am
Greetings to each one, it's really a particular for me to visit this website page, it comprises of helpful Information.
Reply
1/9/2021 10:30:23 am
I really enjoyed reading this post, I always appreciate topics like this being discussed to us. Thanks for sharing.
Reply
1/10/2021 12:15:25 pm
Its wonderful blog really very nice site and blog facility.every title is very nice and very fatastic concept.Thanks for sharing the information.
Reply
1/12/2021 09:16:15 am
Thank you for posting this.You most absolutely have built this blog website into something special.
Reply
1/15/2021 04:00:44 am
Thank you for the work you have put into your nice blog. We will bookmark to your blog because it is very informational. We love the site and will come back to see your new posts.
Reply
4/1/2021 08:43:02 am
Really i appreciate the effort you made to share the knowledge.The topic here i found was really effective to the topic which i was researching for a long time
Reply
3/7/2023 03:56:50 pm
Stones and Cabinets City delights our customers and makes them proud of their houses by making the complex simple. Our expert designers are dedicated to producing layouts that ensure your design is distinctive to our clients’ liking as well as functional.
Reply
3/7/2023 03:59:55 pm
Maintaining the safest driving records on the road, our drivers are the company's most valuable assets and the reason for our growth and success.
Reply
3/7/2023 04:02:06 pm
I-Cell Station identify your cell phone issues for free so that we can offer you the best possible solutions. We have expert-level solutions for all damaged cell phone devices, from screen replacements to charging ports and batteries, cameras speakers, back glass to motherboard level repairs.
Reply
3/7/2023 04:14:01 pm
A blog is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries. Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page
Reply
3/7/2023 04:16:13 pm
Click on the Order Online tab above and we'll deliver right to your office. And be sure to make use of our advance order feature to ensure that your food is delivered exactly when you want it.
Reply
3/8/2023 01:16:45 pm
You are certain to find it in the online markets because here are some of the newest designs created only for men.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |