What made you choose your teacher? If you chose a teacher here on italki, what helped you with the decision? Aside from speaking the language, did you look for other things like experience, location (ie. time zones), second languages, how they wrote their profile, how active they are online, course types (something specific perhaps), and so on? If you found tutoring somewhere else, such as offline, again what was your criteria? ...and, if you're a teacher or tutor, why did your students choose you instead of others? (If they told you, of course.) Just wondering! :) Love to hear your experiences.