Perspective Transformation: Effects of a Service-Learning Tutoring Experience on Prospective Teachers.

I feel that tutoring is an escape from [the college experience]—these kids are so different than the average [college] student that it allows me to see the world from a completely different perspective. Their innocence and energy seems to shield me from the negative cynicism that [college] can easily degenerate into. Tutoring has enabled me to look at the world from a different perspective, allowing me to escape from the spoiled world of [college] and look at the world from the eyes of an excited ten year old. I would definitely do this work again. (Undergraduate study participant)