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Not confident to tutor, help!

Hello everyone

This is a bit of an unusual post.

I 23F used to have a maths tutor from 2016-2017
when I was 15-16 years old, he was a really great tutor.

In English for my GCSE I got a 5 which is a C in both language and literature.

For maths I obtained a lower C, I stressed out and messed up the paper.

For my A-Levels I obtained a B,C,C one of them was English literature.

I tried to get into tutoring at the age of 18 wanting to tutor GCSE and primary school students. Unfortunately I couldn’t grasp it.

I then volunteered at a primary school for 3 months teaching primary levels English language and maths.
I tried my best and sometimes would even struggle to answer questions that the kids were asking me.

Fast forward, I have a 2:1 degree in fine arts.
I achieved around 60-71% in all my modules except one.
This is equivalent to a B/A
60-70 is a B
70-100 is an A

For my dissertation I got 67/100.

I have been unemployed since June 2023 and I can’t get any jobs, this includes internships, part-time work and full-time work.

I always thought tutors get As-A* and have to kind of be academically gifted in tutoring.

Today, my mum bumped into my maths tutor and he offered to help guide me work wise.
I am pretty sure it’s tutoring but I don’t want to be taking money, from parents if I don’t think I can do a good job.

Throughout my A-Levels, I loved learning and studying. I managed to get As across my coursework just not exams. I am good at learning but exam wise I am not that good.

Considering the lack of entry level jobs, job competition and the recession. I would have to take this job to earn a bit of money. My issue is that I don’t think I would good at it.

I am confident to teach Geography, just not English that much.

Any advice?

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