Hercules Tutors Come To You

The name of Hercules, California, conjures up images of heroism and strength—something a bit odd to think about when one considers the fact that it is a sleepy bedroom community outside of San Francisco, with a population of just over 20,000 people. Hercules, as a name, is surely meant to inspire greatness in its residents, based on the thousands of years’ worth of mythology surrounding this larger than life figure.

Hercules, in Greek mythology, was the son of the god Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene. As a demigod, Hercules was tasked with a series of feats to prove he was worthy to live with the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Commonly known as the twelve labors, Hercules had to slay the Nemean Lion, defeat the hydra, capture the deer of Artemis, capture the Erymanthian boar, clean the Augean stables, kill the Stymphalian birds, capture the Cretan bull, steal the mares of Diomedes, capture the girdle of Hippolyta, as well as the cattle of the monster Geryon, steal the apples of the Hesperides, and finally, capture and retrieve Cerebrus (the animal guarding the gates of Hades). “Herculean effort,” as a phrase, comes from these different feats. Stories surrounding his acts of bravery have developed the myth of Hercules across cultures and eras. Hercules is so well known, he was portrayed in a Disney film in the late 90s!

The city of Hercules, in its own way, aspires to heroic levels of greatness, especially in the world of science. This is demonstrated by the fact that the headquarters of Bio-Rad Laboratories is based out of Hercules, the city. A biotech firm, Bio-Rad Laboratories markets products for research in the life sciences as well as clinical diagnostic products to simplify and processes and facilitate an easier method to make scientific discoveries. Bio-Rad requires herculean efforts, time, and funding to run as a successful company. Thankfully, it has enjoyed this kind of success since its inception in the 1950s. Today, Bio-Rad operates out of Hercules, but competes on and sells to an international market.

Further living up to the city’s name, Grade Potential tutors in Hercules occasionally exert heroic scale efforts to help their clients. The learning process can be task-based, and these tutors are professional, trained to show students how to achieve each of their own tasks and complete their labors for school. Struggling students can be rest assured that heroes are waiting to be called up on in the form of tutors, even in the aptly-named city of Hercules.