# Resources for tutoring

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/resources-for-tutoring/16026>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resources-for-tutoring/16026 "2008-06-30T00:16:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nerobi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@nerobi1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nerobi1)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resources-for-tutoring/16026/1 "2008-06-30T00:16:18Z")

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I would like some information for either accessing on-line or acquiring a CD that will interest a student that I tutor in reading and writing that happens to be a vintage car enthusiast. He is 75 yrs.old and I was thinking of something interactive.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resources-for-tutoring/16026/2 "2008-06-30T00:57:29Z")

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I too am a volunteer for our local literacy project. Thank you for offering your services.

My first question would be whether your pupil is computer savvy. If not, then any on-line material will be useless.

But if he is OK with computers and the internet, find for him a chat room or forum that appeals to other auto enthusiasts. He can lurk for a while, and eventually you can encourage him to participate. I believe the interactive aspect will be far more productive to your goal than any dull, simple reading material.

Invite him to introduce himself and to ask a question on this forum.

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**Author:** ![nerobi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@nerobi1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nerobi1)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resources-for-tutoring/16026/3 "2008-06-30T02:07:31Z")

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As a volunteer tutor with a library literacy program, I am looking for an on-line program or software CD that would enable my student to “build” or modify an automobile. He is especially interested in vintage cars. He has a 1929 Dodge Brother’s flatbed truck and a 1951 and 1953 Plymouth. He’s just beginning to learn how to use a computer, but we have the opportunity, once a week, to use a computer together. I help him with reading, writing and math skills and thought that he would be enthusiastic about something to do with cars. He also raced cars when he was a kid! Any help out there?