Many tutors and tutoring centers focus on teaching the specific technical skills – how to solve an equation, how to calculate trigonometric ratios, how to balance a chemical equation, and so on.  My goal has always been something more – to help my students succeed in school, and in life.  I am more than a calculus tutor, a physics tutor, or a chemistry tutor.  I am a guide pointing the way for my students to walk towards the success that they desire.  To that end, I use all of my knowledge, education, and experience – every last kilowatt of my personal power – to help students succeed.  I take the time and effort to learn about and understand each student’s unique needs, and strive to help the student prepare for their intended future.  Sometimes this means sharing stories from my time as a professional, ending with a theme of “this is what you may face in the real world, that’s why I teach you this way.”  Sometimes this can involve helping with study skills and time management.  Sometimes I help the student explore potential careers, for example by introducing them to one or more of my professional contacts who are in the student’s intended profession.  Whatever it seems the student needs to be successful, I strive to help.  My intent is to help students win and achieve their goals in school, career, and ultimately in life.  Tutoring math and science is merely a stepping stone on that journey.  One evening when I was sharing some details about a tough case with my wife, she said “Henry, that’s not your job.  Your job is just to teach math.”  I responded “no, my job, my mission, is to help students succeed.”