{"id":5414,"date":"2023-01-28T23:40:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T23:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutoringwithatwist.ca\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2023-01-29T03:42:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T03:42:57","slug":"the-ripple-effect-learn-about-the-foundation-of-our-twisted-philosophy-on-education-and-how-it-makes-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutoringwithatwist.ca\/ns\/the-ripple-effect-learn-about-the-foundation-of-our-twisted-philosophy-on-education-and-how-it-makes-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ripple Effect \u2013 Learn about the Foundation of Our Twisted Philosophy on Education and How It Makes a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I navigate the gauntlet of a chronic illness<\/a>, it\u2019s not in isolation as there is a whole world going on around me. Some suggest that as a highly empathic person, I\u2019m supposed to release this empathetic part of my being to focus on my healing. But I\u2019m unable to turn my empathy off. It would be like asking someone with a natural rhythm to turn off tapping to the beat of the music or asking a dog lover to not smile at the sight of the cutest puppy ever! (This could even be akin to a child in school being asked to sit still for an entire day\u2026just saying!)<\/p>\n

What Did Our Twisted Tutoring Founder, Amber, Want to Be When She Grew Up?!<\/h2>\n

You may be unaware, but I was a social worker before becoming an educator<\/a>. One of the reasons I went into social work was because I wanted to help people. My want to \u2018help people\u2019 came from when I would visit my favourite Auntie Nancy at the group home she ran and lived at. I was about ten years of age and went swimming with a teenage girl named \u2018Sarah\u2019 and played ball with a twelve-year-old boy named \u2018John\u2019 (names have been changed). I should mention that I was the only person in the extended family that would visit and stay with my aunt and uncle at their group home.<\/p>\n

\"rippleThe Diagram that Changed the Way I Think and Helped Develop the Foundation of Twisted Tutoring<\/h2>\n

Very early on in my social work program, we students were shown a diagram. This diagram is still imprinted on me, not only because I am a visual learner<\/a>, but because I went from the thought of \u201cWhat is this?!\u201d to \u201cHoly, this may be one of the most important lessons that I\u2019m ever taught!\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a diagram of a very small circle encompassed by larger circles. The smallest circle in the middle had the word \u2018ME\u2019 in it. Then, it expanded from there. The next circle had the word \u2018family\u2019 which made sense to me. However, as the circles expanded, I saw the words \u2018mailperson\u2019 and \u2018bartender\u2019 in outer circles.<\/p>\n

The moment I received the diagram, I couldn\u2019t understand the significance of the mailperson or the bartender. Then, my professor started explaining that one\u2019s life choices have a ripple effect so that every person with whom someone comes into contact, either directly or indirectly, has an effect on their life.<\/p>\n

For instance, if you are waiting for an important package to come in the mail, the mailperson can be the person you watch for most on a particular set of days. (Remember, this was \u2018back in the day,\u2019 so pre-Amazon; therefore, it wasn\u2019t like these days where people are literally waiting for a delivery!)<\/p>\n

Why would the word \u2018bartender\u2019 be in there? If a bartender stops serving someone and helps them make a better life choice as a result, the bartender may be instrumental in preventing someone else from being impacted negatively.<\/p>\n

In other words, all of our choices, more than being \u2018good\u2019 or \u2018bad,\u2019 have ripples. I feel like this sentence can stand as a sentence unto itself\u2014if you picture the diagram and picture a choice, you can start to really feel the effects of that ripple.\u00a0I am not able to find the diagram from almost thirty years ago, but I\u2019ve found something similar to give you an idea.<\/p>\n

\"Ripple<\/p>\n

Empathetic Nature of a Tutoring CEO<\/h2>\n

Back to my empathetic nature\u2026<\/p>\n

My social work jobs were quite intense, and the nature of the work often left me wanting to take everyone home to help them! Just for the record, I didn\u2019t physically<\/em> take anyone home; but, as Ram Dass famously said, \u201cWe\u2019re all just walking each other home,\u201d and I found so much beauty in that idea. What I learned was that I needed to work where I could effect change. So, I jumped\u2014actually, cold-water plunged\u2014into education!<\/p>\n

I saw such potential in being able to effect change in a person\u2019s life through education. Here are a couple of examples:<\/p>\n