Award-Winning English Tutors in Mountainview, CA

...my academic interests centered on political theory and history; got my bachelor’s degree in political science from U.C. Berkeley and my master’s (in the history of political thought) from the London School of Economics. While continuing to read seriously in these areas, I have made my living as a writer, addressing a variety of audiences of audiences over various media: music journalism when Rolling Stone and I were both young, wrote soaps here and in...

...from UC-Berkeley in 2008, where I majored in American History and minored in Gender and Women's Studies. In between undergraduate and graduate school, I was the Assistant Director of a tutoring company in Wisconsin for three years, where I tutored students of all ages in a variety of subjects, including test prep, math (through advanced algebra), writing, reading, phonics, and study skills. I continued tutoring while getting my Masters, working with undergraduate and graduate students...

...have also spent the last few years teaching and tutoring undergraduates, farmers, and K-6 students in the U.S. and abroad on a variety of subjects from Ecology to Environmental Economics to basic arithmetic to integrated pest management. I’m a strong believer in the scientific approach to teaching and, as such, like to use interactive activities that promote making observations, proposing questions, identifying problems, generating hypotheses, and engineering experiments that test these questions. I use this...

...Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a Master's degree in Liberal Arts, I enjoy introducing students to the full range of culture, from Technology to Philosophy. Nothing human is foreign to me and it shouldn't be for you either. I got my math degree from UC Santa Cruz and studied the great books curriculum at St. John's College in Santa Fe. I bring over seven years of experience tutoring a variety of subjects from the middle school...

...Bilingual schools through the end of high school. In college, I spent some time studying and living in Ecuador and Peru, so I also speak Spanish. I have worked with students of all ages, from elementary school students just learning to read to Masters' students trying to perfect their theses. I am interested in a broad variety of topics (I completed two majors and two minors in college), and I am great at explaining complicated...

...an involved, patient, detail-oriented tutor, I'm your best choice :) Education is a gift that mostly goes unrecognized. People are praised for their talent and intelligence, but rarely is the opportunity to learn mentioned when people reach success. I'm thankful for the opportunities my education has brought me, and that's why I love to tutor! I hope to clarify the topics that are fuzzy and to create plans that will bring students a step farther...

...because I will take 5-10 minutes to get to know them, their likes and dislikes, and their strengths and weaknesses. I help them out not only with their school work but other social issues they have questions with. I tell them about college and future pathways. A tutor grows a much more special bond with the children than their teachers in school. As a current Master's student in the Biological Sciences, I have a strong...

...as a research assistant for a biotechnology company. I am currently doing cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco in a melanoma lab while I apply to medical schools. In high school and college I tutored students in English and Math, two of my favorite subjects to teach. As the daughter of a third grade teacher, I place great importance on education. I have witnessed the positive impact that increased one-on-one attention can...

...to all ages in Ukraine as a Peace Corps volunteer. I created my own writing workshops and tutored graduate students through my university's Center for Writing and Scholarship. I also enjoy working as an editor, and currently coach tutors for an organization called Reading Partners, which pairs community volunteers with elementary students who struggle with reading. In my free time I enjoy karate and pet-sitting. I greatly enjoy helping people of all ages appreciate literature...

...is Cody F. and I love tutoring, especially in math and science. I graduated from The Gatton Academy of Math and Science at Western Kentucky University, named the number one public high school in the nation by Newsweek. While there I took extensive college coursework in math, physics, chemistry, biology, and the humanities while also completing my high school education. After graduating I began my undergraduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in...