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Q: my mother thinks that tutors are very handy and indeed, they are, but I think that she is overdoing it with the tutors. i have three and for different subjects too. but, i find that they are not helping me. I don't even listen to them anymore. I've learned how to tune them out because they just keep talking and talking and I don't even understand what their saying. Sometimes, when I study in groups or when I go to the teacher to ask for his/her help, I feel a lot better about it and I understand it more. I've always been a pretty good student, but there has been one subject that I have not been able to master, and that's chemistry. Because I failed the final, that was the only reason I failed the coarse, because I was like borderline, but the school has chosen not to put me in summerschool because they don't think it's fair that for one subject, that I even started doing better in second semester, they should put me in summerschool, so I just have to study this packet and re-take the test. Well, my mother has schedualed appointments with this online tutor from India, and all she says is, I'm sorry, and she's so sarcastic!! Then, there's this other guy, who isn't an online tutor, but I meet with him at the book store and I always feel like he's hitting on me. I think he's trying to play footsies with me or something. He's so creepy and he says really creepy things. Like, one time he started asking me about bionic chemicals or something and I didn't know what they were and then i'm like there is no bionic ions is there? and he's like no and then he started talking to me about bionic people and my mom is like laughing at all of this and it isn't funny. It's soooo incfredibly disgusting!! I dont want to. I don't want to go have class with him to help me review. I'm so scared of him. what should i do?
Tell your mom that this tutor isn't helping and your scared of him. If she doesn't believe you say "mom, im serious. This guy is freaking me out. Can't I just get a better tutor?" And if you have more than 1 tutor that's kinda bad, so I suggest you get 1 tutor to teach you all the subjects that need help. And if this guy your creeped out about is still your tutor and he keeps scaring you, tell him. He should understand if you look him in the eyes. If he trys something tell someone immediently.

thank you soo much for ur advice!! i'm definatley going to try that!! thank you!!

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My name is Isabel. I live with my mom, dad, sister and two dogs. I have a brother, but he never really talks to me, which makes me kinda sad, because I was closest to him in my family. I'm a sensitive type person. I love to make friends. I don't really enjoy skool much, but i do like to learn amazing new fun things. When I'm older i want to be a writer and an acrhaeologist because i love writing and history fasinates me. I'm not exactly the smartest kid in the world, but I can be. I just like to have fun and be free. My features are dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. I'm Mexican, so i have that tanish skin, not too tan, though. My dad is Mexican, mom's American. I love to make friends, so any body need a friend come pick me!

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