Enjoyable Creative Lessons in English at cafes, libraries and galleries. Primary/High School teacher with 16 years experience.

We got introduced to Doreen on Russell Island as a big-hearted lady who could help my 17-year-old son with his learning. He’s very clever but ducked and dived to do everything he could not to go to school or be homeschooled. He’s just very lazy. He couldn’t read or write sufficiently to get through life or hold down any sort of job short of sweeping the streets or picking up rubbish.
Doreen took him under her wing and did one-on-one tutoring with him, then once we left the island, it was over the internet.
She is incredibly patient with him and certainly showed her people skills to coax him along and pull him alongside her. His mother is a teacher and couldn't get him going or motivated; she just left him at home to play on the phone all day every day while she went to teach other kids. Doreen has managed to get alongside him and motivate him. She’s a very skilled, patient lady with a big heart and has gone out of her way to help Nick. I believe she is a turning point in Nick's life to get him back on track and give him a direction in life and keep him away from the evils of this life.