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Once you’ve had your fill of fighting the homework battle, it’s time to look for assistance from the outside. To start, there are plenty of free online resources worth checking out, including Math help videos on YouTube. For a more personalized experience, there are lots of great tutors offering homework help on Vancouver Island. Reddit Homework Help r/HomeworkHelp allows students …

BC’s education landscape is constantly changing. The curriculum is frequently updated to match the modern era, and the BC graduation requirements often change with it. This post will help you keep track of the BC graduation requirements for high school students. It seems like a ton of work to meet every requirement, but it doesn’t have to be! We’ll share …

When searching for the perfect tutor for your child, you might find yourself asking the question: how much does a tutor cost? Some tutors and agencies make potential clients jump through hoops to discover their rates. At Tutoring…With a Twist*, we believe in transparency, so our hourly rates are available below. 1-on-1 online $54/hour 1-on-1 in public (library, coffee shop, …

Depending who you ask, the word “tutoring” could mean a multitude of things. For some, it’s a quick bit of homework help. For others, it’s an every-other-day support system and confidence booster. If you’re just getting started with tutoring, it’s tough to figure out which approach is best. So, how long should a tutoring session last, and how many sessions …

As of July 2023, the BC government has made changes to how and when progress reports are issued. With the new BC report card schedule, students are guaranteed to receive a minimum of five communications throughout the school year. Four of these communications will be learning updates, and the fifth one will be a summary of learning, also known as …

According to a 2012 study from Statistics Canada, one in six Canadian adults cannot pass the most basic literacy tests. This represents an overall decline in literacy compared to the results of a similar study conducted in 2003. If anything, the study highlights how, even though we often take literacy for granted, reading and writing are difficult. Compound this inherent …

In British Columbia there are many services in place to help children receive the support they need. Some learners are eligible for tax-deductible tutoring. Others can access funding for tutoring and other services via government programs like the Autism Funding Unit (AFU) and Jordan’s Principle. We’ve also worked with ICBC, WorkSafe BC, and Distributed Learning schools (DLs), which are sometimes …

Nostalgia concludes that the good ol’ days were superior in almost every measurable way. The cars were cooler, the clothes were more fashionable, and school taught you more than it teaches you today. Well, the first two are debatable, but the third appears to be statistically untrue. Kids today are learning at least as much as, if not more than, …

As I navigate the gauntlet of a chronic illness, it’s not in isolation as there is a whole world going on around me. Some suggest that as a highly empathic person, I’m supposed to release this empathetic part of my being to focus on my healing. But I’m unable to turn my empathy off. It would be like asking someone …