Great article and interesting story. The combination of innate talent plus a beneficient one-on-one tutor can have remarkable results and it's really too bad th

Great article and interesting story. The combination of innate talent plus a beneficient one-on-one tutor can have remarkable results and it's really too bad this historically important form of education isn't more widely supported. A case example is Leonard Euler, one of the most significant mathematicians in human history by any measure: > "Euler’s interest in mathematics stemmed from his childhood when his father would teach him the subject. As luck would have it, Johann Bernoulli, Europe’s foremost mathematician of his time, was a friend of Leonhard’s father and the influence of this great mathematician on the young Leonhard was immense. Euler’s father wanted to prepare him for a career in theology and it was Bernoulli who persuaded his friend to let the boy study mathematics." https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/leonhard-euler-biography-441.php https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/leonhard-euler-biog... However, education for the masses is also important and there's just not enough expert tutors to go around for the one-on-one approach. It's also true that the combination of innate talent and motivation isn't necessarily all that common, or easy to identify. Notice how this tutor had a selection system in place? I.e. not many people showed up for the offer. That's where the 'gifted and talented' programs have tried to pick up the slack in public education, with mixed results. Unfortunately, more often than not, teachers feel threatened by such students... not that high-quality teachers capable of tutoring such students (notice the low pay) end up being recruited by our public education system all that often.