Online Tutoring

I'm sure I've mentioned that I online tutor in the evenings. It's great money for not having to go anywhere and I schedule my own hours when I am available. It's been rather frustrating though for several years because I'm stuck at one level and seem unable to move up and be promoted. You start out on probation and after 6 months move up to Tutor 1 status if you meet all the requirements. I started tutoring in August of 2005 and made it out of probation without any problems but I've been at the Tutor 1 status since early 2006. That's a long freaking time at one level. I have had several mentors and they all set goals, which I meet, but then there are always new goals, it's a vicious cycle.

It's really hard to be completely perfect 100% of the time. There are always places here and there where you mess up, or should have tried something different, or chosen a different method to teach. It seems like a mentor would look for something to discuss if it's an apparent problem, something that's happening all the time, or something that is violating the tutor handbook. I just feel like it's constant nitpicking. I guess maybe I'm not that great compared to other tutors or whatever but I'm just getting frustrated that I can't get promoted no matter what I do.