Anna
Certified Tutor
I am a graduate of the University of Kansas, with bachelor's degrees in biology and environmental studies. While I am fascinated by the natural world, I also have interests in other fields, such as literature, philosophy, and foreign languages. One of the reasons I like tutoring is because it allows me to use what I have learned in such fields to help others gain confidence in and become excited about a subject. I especially love to tutor in French, which I studied at the Universit du Havre and minored in during college.
I believe that curiosity is the most important ingredient in learning. As a tutor, I ask questions to help students come to right answers on their own, and I show students how to ask their own questions as well. I believe in giving my students resources that help them continue learning after tutoring is finished and throughout their lives. In addition, using my knowledge of science, math, the arts, and the humanities, I make connections between different subjects to help my students see how what we're working on isn't so strange after all!
Before beginning to work with Varsity Tutors in August of 2014, I worked in a K-8 school as an intervention math teacher. There, I tutored elementary- and middle-school students in math in small groups. Working in that setting taught me more about how to explain abstract concepts simply and creatively, and about how to use quizzes and evaluations to track student progress. During college, I helped my peers learn French both individually and in small groups; and most recently, I worked as an English language teacher in France, helping small groups of middle- and high-schoolers put their language learning into practice by organizing projects, conversations, and debates.
In my free time, I like to read, write, draw, and learn about topics of interest such as Spanish and world literature.
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Undergraduate Degree: University of Kansas - Bachelors, Biology, Environmental Studies
- ACT Composite: 34
- ACT English: 35
- ACT Reading: 36
- ACT Science: 35
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1560
- SAT Math: 730
- SAT Verbal: 800
- SAT Writing: 770
Artwork, reading, writing
- ACT English
- ACT Reading
- ACT Science
- ACT Writing
- Advanced Placement Prep
- AP French Language and Culture
- Arithmetic
- Biology
- College Biology
- College English
- College Essays
- Comparative Literature
- Conversational French
- Ecology
- Elementary Math
- Elementary School Math
- English
- English Grammar and Syntax
- Environmental Science
- Essay Editing
- French
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3
- French 4
- Geometry
- High School Biology
- High School English
- HSPT Prep
- IB Environmental Systems and Societies
- IB Environmental Systems and Societies SL
- IB Language A: Literature
- IB Language A: Literature HL
- Languages
- Life Sciences
- Literature
- Math
- Middle School Math
- Other
- Reading
- SAT Reading
- SAT Subject Test in French
- SAT Subject Test in French with Listening
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- SAT Writing and Language
- Science
- Summer
- Test Prep
- Writing