Sydney: Florissant tutor

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I recently graduated with departmental and general honors from Vassar College in 2024, where I majored in Drama, and minored in Russian Studies. I completed my playwriting thesis with an original adaptation of the ancient Greek tragic trilogy The Oresteia by Aeschylus, and was awarded the Molly Thatcher Kazan Memorial Prize for my work. At Vassar, I also gained ample experience reading and analyzing text; I worked as a research assistant studying ancient source material on Greek drama, and I have conducted research and distilled information on complex sources such as Tolstoy's War and Peace, which I investigated as a dramaturg. I am a diligent academic, and I am passionate about developing thorough interpretations and analyses of the various texts I work with.

I have experience tutoring elementary school level readers, and administering assessments to monitor their progress. For more advanced learners, I am most passionate about tutoring English, literature, creative writing, and analytical writing. I thoroughly believe in the joy of learning, and I want to help encourage a sense of academic agency and curiosity in those I tutor.

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Sydney’s Qualifications

Education & Certification

Degree: Vassar College - Bachelor, Drama, Russian Studies minor

Hobbies

I am a playwright, and spend much of my time writing and researching for my plays. I am also engaged in other aspects of theatermaking — I am an actor, singer, dramaturg, and have dabbled in design, including lighting and props design for productions in the past. I am also interested in social justice and community engaged work, and spend time volunteering with local organizations whenever I can — most recently, I volunteered with the organization The Beat Within back in my hometown of San Francisco, an organization which empowers incarcerated youth by publishing their work. With the rest of my free time, I enjoy reading, and visual art — and am an avid collager.

Tutoring Subjects

ACT English

Creative Writing

Elementary School English

Elementary School Reading

Elementary School Writing

English

Essay Editing

Fiction Writing

High School English

High School Reading

High School Writing