How to Develop More Critical Thinking Skills with Jesse Hartman

Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

• Season Three, Episode 108

Join your hosts, Carmen and Sophia Micsa, to learn more about becoming the best student, how to take tests well, and developing more critical thinking with our guest, Jesse Hartman.

Jesse Hartman became the co-owner of Hartman Tutoring in 2006 and has over 20 years of tutoring experience.

As a student at Emory University, Jesse worked part-time as an SAT tutor/teacher. He aimed to reach learners not as a teacher but as a mentor and academic guide. Jesse has prepared students for nearly every standardized test and every available subject. He is currently the Director of Hartman Tutoring and continues to tutor in NYC and beyond. ​

Jesse is also an accomplished poet and award-winning lyricist.

“Keep on asking until you understand. Keep on asking until you feel like you have a grasp of the subject that you're trying to get a hold of. There's no sense of walking away being like, I still don't really get what's going on here.”– Jesse Hartman

“The purpose of critical thinking skills is to have a sound view of how to come to a valid conclusion and recognize something as true versus not. It's harder than we think, especially in a world where many very large entities benefit from duping us, either as individuals or as collectives. Sometimes it's scary to have an opinion or a viewpoint or a vision of reality that differs from the masses.” – Jesse Hartman

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• As the owner and director of Hartman Tutoring, Jesse specializes in counseling, coaching enrichment, and test prep tutoring.
• Jesse believes students use his tutoring services to improve their executive functioning or critical thinking.
• Hartman Tutoring has been a family business. Jesse particularly enjoyed working with his mother and seeing great results in students’ learning and developing their critical thinking skills.
• Jesse’s opinion about standardized testing. He sees it as a grand subject that has a lot of ups and downs, but it's just something complicated for us in society. It's an imperfect mechanism that serves a purpose and contributes in many ways to the functionality of the educational system and to the societal world that we live in.
• Jesse is a big believer in preparing the child for the road, not the road for the child. Therefore, there are many ways that kids can become successful.

To connect with Jesse Hartman
Hartman Tutoring: customized tutoring & test prep
Hartman Tutoring (@hartmantutoring) • Instagram photos and videos

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