ReVision Academics LLC

Before matching new students to one of our qualified tutors, we begin by meeting with the student and his/her parent(s) to discuss two things:

1. What are your primary academic goals? (It usually helps if, in the beginning, we can narrow these to two goals; for example, improvement in a school subject, the desired GPA, or a path towards your ideal college. At the same time, we recognize and respect that these goals can often change with time).

2. What do you wish you enjoyed more about school and/or the academic world? (The purpose of this question is to allow us to have a driving force beyond simple numerical goals. We've found that when our students are able to improve the way they approach their educations, things begin to fall into place much more quickly and much more permanently).

From there, the specific process can vary depending on what any given week calls for (e.g. homework not yet understood, upcoming tests, frustration with a particular academic class, confusion about the college admissions process), but the core of the mission we establish early on always remains.

I have been an educator in various forms for over five years. I have been a full-time teaching intern, a teaching assistant, substitute teacher, academic tutor, college counselor, curriculum designer, and instructor. I have a particular love for working with gifted and talented students and have done so in the majority of the aforementioned roles. I am currently pursuing my bachelors degree in psychology from the Division of Continuing Education at Harvard University, where I hold a graduate certification in learning design and technology. 

A few things to note about our pricing policy:

1. My current standard rate for each 1-hour academic guidance/tutoring session is $50 dollars
2. However, as not every potential family/student is in the same financial situation, I do my very best to accomodate this. Consequently, the above rate can vary somewhat. Please contact us at the number listed below if you have any questions about our pricing policy

         817.987.9293

I began teaching through an internship at a K-12 school for gifted and talented students right out of high school. Since then, Jameson has directly helped dozens of students accross a very wide age range reach their academic and college goals and has also worked as a teaching assistant, substitute teacher, educational copywriter, curriculum and course designer, and lecturer on the subjects of language arts, filmmaking (theory), cinematography (critical anslysis), and journalism. This practice was incorporated as a limited liability company in September of 2021.

Thus far, we have worked with students of a wide range of age and ability levels.

We've helped students ranging from 1st graders to post college-aged learners (and everything in-between), although sense we've steadily shifted in the direction of guiding students with analytical and critical essay writing, we're currently focusing on helping students in grades six through twelve, students in college, and students in their post-college-aged years.

Additionally, we've tutored various forms of essay writing (persuasive, creative, expository) in disciplines including literature, biology, and history. In exceptional cases, we also tutor other subjects. If you have any questions about the different tutoring services we can offer, please contact the number listed below.

817.987.9293

In a recent session I conducted personally, a long-time student of mine (now a junior in high school) told me that he wanted to go to an Ivy League university (something I've heard a lot over the years). He's a brilliant student with a wonderful and unusuaully creative mind and he has ambitions to work in the medical field. Also, any of the Ivy League schools would be very lucky to have him. I asked him why he wanted to attend an Ivy League school, though. His answer was something to the effect of "I want to set myself up well for medical school applications." I nodded and asked him, "suppose none of the Ivy League schools could, given your specific learning style, give you an enjoyable and effective preparative education for medical school. Would you still want to go to an Ivy Leage school?" He replied "I guess I wouldn't." I said, "It's quite possible that one or more of the Ivy League universities would be a great fit for you, your learning style, and your ambitions and would set you up very well for a happy life in which you are a force of good in the world. But it sounds like you may not know yet whether the Ivy League is the right target to aim at. There are plenty of good and plenty of bad reasons for wanting to go to a specific type of university. Someone who says 'I want to go to Princeton because, well, you know it's Princeton' is likely only interested in the school for its prestige (prestige being a made-up construct derived from a French word that means "deceit" ), which, by itself, is a bad reason to set ones sights on a specific school. Now, someone else who tells me 'I want to go to Princeton because they have a really interesting and strong molecular biology degree program that is better suited to my ambitions in the field of medicine than any other degree program I've researched over the last several months' clearly has a very good reason for wanting to attend this university. Regarding the first student, I would encourage them to look into degree programs not only at Princeton, but at a very wide range of schools accross the world. To the second student, I would say 'I applaud and admire the research you've done into this important decision and I will do everything in my power to help set you up for success throughout your application process to Princeton.'"  After giving him extensive advice on researching college degree programs, I encouraged my student to do some research before our next session and report back to me. This student may end up at an Ivy League school (he's certainly smart, talented, and passionate enough), but my sacred responsibility is to make sure that this is only the case if an Ivy League school is, in fact, the best fit for him as a unique and uniquely special individual.

Find a tutor and/or tutoring company that has a philosophy that rings true to you. Try a single session and make sure that the tutor you will be working with can have a good rapport with you, can make you feel valued as a unique individual, and can help you through even the toughest of academic questions you might pose to them over the years. There are a lot of options out there to choose from. Don't settle for one that does not feel like a good fit for you.

I'd advise thinking through these three questions:

1. What do I want to have accomplished by the third session (or the third week of school)? (This will give you an idea of your immediate goals).

2. What do you want to have accomplished by the end of next school year? (This will clarify your semi-long term goals).

3. How can your teacher best work with you in order to meet these goals?

Remember always that you are an individual. You are not a demographic, you are not a set of statistics. Teachers need to always do their best to work with students as individual cases, rather than generalizing an individual or a classroom.