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I had two different tutees. At the beginning  I wrote both of them an e-mail and we planned our first meeting. My first tutee preferred to use the e-mail, but he didn’t  check it often and it was difficult for me to talk to him and remind him that we had to meet. As a consequence he didn’t show up a few times. The second tutee was more open than the first one, we exchanged our phone numbers, we could easily decide when to meet and we could forewarn each other if we couldn’t work one day. Personally I think that using the phone is the best choice for the organization, it also highlights the fact that we aren’t a teacher and a student, but just an older student that tries to help a younger one.
I planned six meetings with the first tutee, but he showed up only for half of them, their duration varied, but it rarely lasted more than thirty minutes. I met the second tutee only five times, but we are going to plan some more meetings, which usually  last for about an hour.
The first tutee didn’t talk much, because he isn’t fluent in Italian, so it was difficult to understand what he needed. Most of the time I tried to help him with some specific subjects, like Italian, English or maths. The second tutee had difficulty organizing his study so I gave him some advice from my point of view. We mostly talk about his study method and about the differences between subjects and how to adapt his method to every subject.

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I contacted my tutee for the first time through WhatsApp using the number given to me by my supervisor. There aren’t any communication problems between us, we have always arranged for the meeting considering our school and personal commitments.
My tutee and I had 5 meetings of 40 minutes on average. During the meetings we talked about many things, various and always different topics. The first was a moment of acquaintance, she told me about herself, what she likes to do in her free time and about her passions, why she joined  the project and what she expected from it. Later she talked to me about her class, the relationship with the teachers and how she coped with the new subjects, she explained to me that she encountered difficulties in the study of scientific subjects and together we tried to draw a good study method (it took at least 3 meetings for this). Unfortunately the last time we met she told me she wanted to change school because she had realized that this is not for her. I was very sorry but we will continue to see each other and chat until the end of the school year.

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I started this experience by sending an email to my tutee and we set the first meeting. When we met I gave him my telephone number and, since there, we have organised our meetings through WhatsApp. At first, we met once a week, but after a while we decided that meeting once every two weeks was enough. We didn’t have any communication problems, he always answered my texts and we manged to organize our meetings considering our tasks.
We had about ten meetings. The first one lasted one hour, because he didn’t understand very well what this project was about. The other meetings lasted from 30 to 45 minutes each.
During the meetings we take every single subject and we talk about the topic they are dealing with. We discuss about his difficulties and I try to give him some advice. We focus on the subjects he has more problems with, and I explain to him some ways to better understand the subject, to exercise in a productive way, to take notes more easily. He always tells me the dates of his tests, and I help him organize his days based on homework and study. When he tells me about a bad mark, I try to understand what the problem is and we focus on how to improve his study method. We talk a lot about his problem to expose orally, and I gave him some advice so that he can get used to repeat out loud. I always ask him about his classmates and his relationship with teachers, but he hasn’t any problem with that, although he is a bit shy and he struggles to ask for help.

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To introduce myself to my tutee I wrote her an email, then we started chatting on whats app. This made the situation informal and put the girl at ease.
We connected on Teams 4 times and the meetings lasted about an hour.
The girl found French grammar difficult, so she sent me the pages she had done with the teacher and we studied them together, I made her write and repeat the words many times and I made her practise verbs.

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Initially I contacted the girl through my personal email, then we exchanged phone numbers and we started exchanging messages on Whatsapp. We never had problems with messages, because we wrote to each other as if we were two classmates.
My tutee and I had  few meetings, only three, each lasting betwen thirty minutes and an hour.
During the meetings we talked about many things, but we focused especially on the school subjects, as she was having a little trouble understanding the content of the specific subjects. She told me that she was having difficulty organizing her studies, since this school was a new experience for her and therefore she did not know what to do.

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I contacted my tutee  through social media. It was very easy and fast also because she was very helpful and open. We exchanged phone numbers but we are more comfortable writing on Instagram.
My tutee and I only met twice and the meetings lasted for about forty minutes.
We used the first meeting to get to know each other so I asked her for some information about herself such as the sport she practices, the subjects she prefers those she doesn't like, why she participates in the project and if she is comfortable in her class. During the second one she updated me about her situation and then I helped her deal with maths.

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I think the organization was very effective.  I wrote her on whatsapp and we organized the meeting.   In my opinion, using whatsapp is a more effective means than emails because my  tutee never opens emails; whattswapp makes communication more informal.

We had only few meetings, it was my tutee’s choice  because she did not feel she needed more.  She is among the best in her class and she signed up for the project as an extra support and thinking that maybe she might need it in the future.  We had 4 meetings of 20 minutes each.

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✅For me this project has many strengths on both sides: for the tutee it is a way to enter a new environment having the help of those who have already been through the same situation and have found effective methods to face them and for the tutors it is a good way to test yourself and learn to take charge of someone in a small way.

✅This project is very useful both the tutors and the tutees. For the tutees it’s reassuring to have a reference person, older than them, with whom they can compare.  Tutors can train their ability to give advice and support for different situations.

✅On several occasions we wrote to each other just to ask ourselves how the day went and this allowed us to create a bond that put us on the same level.

✅We are building a great relationship.

✅This project can help new students to adapt to the new experiences that they find at school.

✅It allowed me to grow, compare and meet new people. The project is well organized, we are followed by our supervisors who help us in case of need.

✅I am happy to be a point of reference for her and to have given her a hand.

✅He can tell me every problem he has, knowing that I am like an older sister, who is there to help and nothing else.

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❌From my point of view communication was the biggest weakness: il the tutee can't express his difficulties we can't work

❌Maybe the weakness of the project is the platform and the internet connection.

❌I think the only weak point is the fact that some tutees sign up without having clearly understood the goal of the project, some may have been forced by their parents while others think the meetings are free help with homework.

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Initially I didn’t have any tutee, so for the first part of the year I couldn’t do any meeting. During the second period of the year, I think at the beginning of January, my religion teacher (who is also my supervisor) told me of a girl whose personality had changed during the pandemic: she had become more closed in herself. My supervisor gave me her number and I started chatting with the tutee and together we planned our meetings on Teams.
We have had only two meetings since January. The first one lasted about an hour and the second was shorter, it lasted about thirty or forty minutes.
In the first meeting we talked a lot. At the beginning we started introducing to each other (we both were a bit nervous), so we talked about ourselves, for example our family, our hobbies and our sport. Then the focus became the relationship with school that changed a lot because of covid and often brought problems, for example concerning the relationship with other people. During the second meeting we talked about the concept “believe in yourself”. Of course growth affects a lot, more responsibilities, more problems(also of course more beautiful experiences). In my opinion we have to reach the goals fixed to help to increase our self-esteem. Also concentrating on “the road” and not on “the obstacles” would make things easier.

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The organization was efficient: we were assigned a tutee each, with the corresponding email, thanks to which I contacted mine.  We then talked on WhatsApp, a much more informal platform than email, it feels like chatting with a friend, which I really liked.
I had a few meetings with my tutee and of varying duration, usually between 30 and 45 minutes.  We always used WhattsApp and there were no problems.
After  a first presentation meeting, the following ones were more a chat between friends than a real school help; my tutee is very good at school and has excellent grades, I gave her some organizational tips that she put into practice and they were useful to her.  Not needing much help, she didn't ask for many meetings, however, we chatted very often, wrote to each other and kept up to date on our lives and our academic and non-academic achievements.

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Initially I wrote an email to my tutee to exchange our contacts, then to organize the meetings we always wrote to each other on Whatsapp. We never had any problems with the organization because we were both very flexible on dates and times.  It happened that he or I couldn’t meet on the chosen day and without any problem we changed the date.
My tutee and I only had three meetings that lasted about an hour each.
The first meeting was mainly for presentation, he explained to me why he had chosen to sign up for the project and about some difficulties he had in different subjects. Then I introduced myself, I started to give him advice on the study methods he could try.  During the other meetings we talked about his class and the dynamics between teachers and students; he told me how things went using the methods I had recommended, he asked me about the aftrenoon Help courses that the school offers and we also talked about the buses he could take from school.