Effervescent, engaging, good humoured and determined - I have previously worked with age ranges from 8 or 9 upwards.

I always take the approach that its never the subject, its the engagement. The pupil has to want to learn. For that you have to make a subject come alive. To find a way to engage the person you are teaching, how do they best learn. What are their passions. Relate the subject to their life.