...received my Bachelor of Arts in Latin, and Brandeis University, where I received my Master of Arts in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies. Between schools and since, I have tried to find personal time to continuing my studies and keeping my skills fresh by translating new works. I have worked with Shelby County Schools as a classroom teacher of Etymology but have found that I thrive much better when working one-on-one with students. I tutor...
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...thirty one years ago in the sleepy town of Easley, SC. While I began helping students who were struggling with algebra, gradually I took on more subjects of interest to me and of need to the communities within which I lived. I was fortunate to attend St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM, where I was drenched in the wealth of the Great Books and their many disciplines. A classroom teacher from 2002 to 2008,...
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...my homework consisted of reading texts or writing papers. Therefore I have continuously enhanced my English composition skills. I know how to read and analyze texts quickly without losing content. Reworking information I've read together with my own thoughts is now second nature to me. I make my writing particularly clear by my impeccable understanding of English grammar, which I gained through extensive practice and from studying four other languages (French, German, Latin, Ancient Greek).
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...teacher that I was thinking of changing to studying Latin the next year, and she said that was a good idea because my spelling (of both French and English) was horrible. She was not alone in this assessment; in elementary school my percentage in the "Spelling" section of the statewide test approached the single digits. I have no doubt that she would be rather surprised to learn that now I am a PhD. student in...
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...a degree in Management Science and Engineering. I boast a strong background in math and science, but also excel in English and language (my minor). Having spent much of my youth in South America, I am fluent in Portuguese and English, which I have extensive experiencing tutoring students in. I am a firm believer in the importance of a robust education, and I hope I can help my students expand theirs. In my spare time,...
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...in English and Comparative Literary Studies with a minor in Classical Studies. I mostly did math when I was in high school (thanks to our Geometry and AP Calculus teacher, Mrs. Stone, who would patiently explain concepts in as many different ways as took for everyone to understand). But when I found myself in a spring freshman writing class (that I had picked from a list for its name alone, 'The Hero vs Death and...
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I have a BA in history and Classical languages from Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI) and a Master of Arts in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. My subjects are history, writing (especially essay writing), and Latin.
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...a B.A. in the Liberal Arts. During college, I studied Latin for four years and then after graduation, spent a few months living in Rome and studying Latin. Within the past two years, I've taught Latin in a classroom setting. Latin is my main passion in the realm of teaching. And as a Latin teacher, I see reading and writing Latin to be an effective learning method, but even more so, learning to speak the...
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...arts of language and literature. I earned my BA in Philosophy at St Mary's College of Maryland and my MA in Ancient Languages at the Catholic University of America. I have tutored privately, as have also taught 1st and 3rd grade in the public school system. I want to help prepare young people for adulthood by bettering their writing skills, in addition to instilling in them a true love for reading. My goal is not...
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I am passionate about Latin and the Classics. This language has not only been intrinsically helpful, but has also strengthened my passion for English grammar and writing. I'd love to share my passion and aid in your knowledge!
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I am a Columbia University graduate who majored in Political Science, Classics and History. I have also spent the last year as an English teacher in Connecticut. I am available to tutor in New York City and the Stamford, CT area or online.
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...a Bachelor's degree in History & Literature. Throughout college, I found a lot of fulfillment in being a mentor for younger students both in and outside of the classroom a passion I bring to tutoring. As a tutor, I love to utilize interactive lessons that get students thinking creatively and analytically. When I introduce a new idea in a lesson or editing session, I normally explain the concept using a fun example, and then allow...
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...task of learning the language before you can enjoy all the brilliant and moving literature it has to offer. Sometimes students are even told they are "bad at" a language, before they have had the chance to achieve small accomplishments and look forward to bigger ones. The way into Latin and Greek is confidence through mastering the building blocks of the languages, enjoying the "strategy game" aspect of translation, and learning how to understand a...
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...worked as a Peer Writing Tutor for the campus Writing Center. During those three years I worked with nearly 500 writers, both online and in-person, offering feedback on outlines, papers, and strategies for writing. Through my experiences and professional training seminars, I've developed many strategies for helping writers realize their full potential as well as a tutoring philosophy that was nominated for an award at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. I'm here to...
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Four years of Latin in high school, another four at Cornell, several years of independent study, and now three years of teaching Latin professionally, and I still love the language.
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I'm a current engineering undergrad at Columbia University in applied mathematics. Really interested in machine learning and biology. Classical language and history are also pretty neat. Former rower and swimmer. I graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 2016.
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...and moral theology at a small Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. I likewise work as an academic translator for works written in French and Latin. For many years I worked as a tutor in test prep (primarily GRE), mathematics, and computer science. Although I provide this service less frequently as in the past, I continue to enjoy taking an occasional client, hoping to provide the same excellent service that I ever did during the...
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...Richmond, Virginia attending Virginia Commonwealth University as a graduate student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program! I recently graduated from the University of Virginia as an Echols Scholar with a B.A. in Biology and Art History. I was in the International Baccalaureate program and also took AP classes, and I was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. I have tutored primarily high school students in a variety of subject fields, but I welcome students of...
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...originally from New York City but I've lived in Rome, Italy for half of my life and I now find myself in Boston while I'm taking some time off from school this winter. I am a computer science and classics double major, which may seem like a strange combination, but I think my broad range of interests is a huge strength of mine, and it allows me to successfully tutor a wide variety of subjects....
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...BA in Latin and Classical Civilization/Archeology and a Virginia Teaching Certification. I worked with an archeological team at Washington's Birthplace, taught for a year after school and then went into the automobile business until my daughters were in middle school. I got a MAL degree with a concentration in Sociology from Hollins University and taught part-time for a community college. I started teaching full-time (World History and Latin) and decided to branch out and became...
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Recent Latin 2 Tutoring Session Notes
The student is in the same class as another of my Latin students, so I worked on the same assignments with her. We realized that she needed a complete review of what cases and declensions were. So we did that, and she picked it up quickly.
In our first session, the student and I spent some time at the beginning discussing his strengths and weaknesses in Latin. He feels comfortable with memorizing vocabulary and chart forms, but feels less comfortable understanding the functions of some verb charts as well as having to translate the forms he knows. We practiced several 2nd conjugation charts and the student felt better afterwards. We determined that continued practice with these charts will improve his comfort level. The end of the session was spent translating some Latin to see where the student's skill level lies. This also seems like an area of mixed comfort; again, more practice will help develop this skill. We set another meeting time next Sunday for 2 hours, to be spent on both Latin and English.
During our first session together, I identified parsing as an area in which the student needs improvement. Parsing Latin nouns and verbs, is an essential skill, in both translation and prose composition. To improve his noun parsing, he and I reviewed noun cases and practiced identifying them in both English and Latin sentences. To improve his verb parsing, we reviewed a conjugation chart for perfect tense verbs, as the lesson from his textbook introduced the perfect and pluperfect tenses. We briefly discussed cum clauses and identified a temporal cum clause in one of the Latin sentences in his textbook. He translated two Latin sentences and completed two prose composition sentences. During both translation and prose composition exercises, I asked him to parse nouns and verbs as we went. I really enjoyed meeting him and look forward to helping him improve in Latin.
We did a Latin grammar review in preparation for the student's upcoming Latin test. We went over the five declensions of nouns by declining multiple nouns and pronouns. We then covered conjugations of verbs by fully declining "eripio" in the 6 active and 6 passive tenses and going over the translation of certain forms. I left the student with instructions to do extra practice by going over flash cards with declensions and conjugations.
The student was out of school during the previous week due to inclement weather. We had a chance to review 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declension endings as well as comparatives and superlatives. He understands the grammar, but benefits greatly from our practice with endings. I gave him some helpful handouts. We finished by discussing college expectations. I shared with him what a college classroom is like and how best he should prepare himself while in high school. The student is very engaged and I look forward to working with him in the future.
The student and I worked mainly on translating a passage that she will have a test on later this week. We came across many verb forms that she still hasn't learned yet, so I stressed how important it is to learn them all in order for her to be able to answer test questions about them correctly and to know how to translate them from Latin into English. I showed her some word charts I found in her book that list all the possible formations a word can have. I also had her write down some irregular verb formations, so that she remembers how to form them as well. By the end of the session she had memorized the present forms of the word "to be;" that's definitely a start.
