My first tutoring experience took place in first grade when I was asked to assist a newly arrived Vietnamese girl with her English. I myself had learned English when I came to the United States at three years of age and could relate well to some of the issues the newcomer was facing. Perhaps genes played a bit of a role as well as my maternal grandfather had been a teacher in post-war Germany.Since then, I have tutored and taught foreign languages in a multitude of informal and formal settin.