Sam: Fountain Valley tutor
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Hi, I'm Sam, and I'm here to back you up! I believe that success in any pursuit is a matter of motivation, practice, and guidance. I'll bring the guidance, you practice, and we can meet in the middle on motivation.
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Undergraduate Degree: University of Louisville - Bachelors, Humanities
- GRE Verbal: 170
Reading, Chess, tooling around Albuquerque on my bike.
- ACT Writing
- Arabic
- College English
- College Essays
- English
- English Grammar and Syntax
- ESL/ELL
- Essay Editing
- Graduate Test Prep
- GRE Analytical Writing
- GRE Verbal
- High School English
- Languages
- SAT Reading
- SAT Writing and Language
- Test Prep
- Writing
What is your teaching philosophy?
Getting really good at anything is a matter of practice, motivation, and guidance. You practice, I guide, and we can meet in the middle on motivation.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
Learn about the student. Give the student an activity (e.g., a reading excerpt) that is part learning exercise, part evaluation, and work through it together. Assign homework based on the progress of the lesson.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
When a student feels that work is connected to success, then the work feels easy. My goal is to help the student see that connection.