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Vivan: Des Plaines tutor

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I have a passion for education and would like to activate a love of learning in students of all kinds. I believe that empathy is the first step.
I don't believe in bad students, but I do believe in consequences (usually bad choices come with their own consequences). I have worked with all ages in the US and abroad.

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Vivan’s Qualifications
Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: University of Colorado Boulder - Bachelor in Arts, English

Graduate Degree: Metropolitan State University - Masters in Education, High School Teaching

Hobbies

Travel, Food, Culture, Reading/Writing, Star Trek, Technology, Languages (extreme basics in Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Korean, basics in Spanish). I cannot teach these. But I can roughly communicate. VERY roughly.

Tutoring Subjects
English
English Language Arts Substitute
ESL/ELL
Essay Editing
Middle School English
Middle School Reading
Middle School Reading Comprehension
Middle School Writing
Reading
Substitute
Writing