Anatole K.
- Rocky River, OH 44116 ( 23 mi )
- Mechanical Engineering Tutor
- Male
- Member Since: 01/2011
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $42.00 to $54.00 /hr
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After retirement, as a helpdesk and in my private practice as a computer integrator and troubleshooter, I find that one of the challenges confronting a teacher with an older patron, is to be able to cross the boundaries of patron’s preconceived notions, which restricts him from using many features that a computer has to offer.
In one instance, when I delivered a new computer to an older client, I offered to install free Open Office suite, since she did not have the Microsoft’s suite. Very reluctantly, she consented to try it out. We loaded some of the Microsoft doc-format files from her flash drive where she previously saved them. They sprang nicely in Open’s Writer, a look alike of Microsoft Word 2003. She was visibly impressed.
My most complete tutoring experience spans the last two years with my post retirement job as a helpdesk in a Public Library’s computer lab. Because of th ... read more