...school and college, and I teach Spanish, French, English, and Photography at Varsity Tutors. I am a Vanderbilt graduate and I earned my master's degree at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Texas). I love working with words and I'm really good at explaining language structure. My love of languages naturally led me to travel the world, and I have been a practicing art and travel photographer for over 30 years. I can help you get started with...
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Hello! Nice to meet you! I am a current NYU undergraduate student. My absolute favorite subject growing up was mathematics, and I've been teaching math and biology to elementary and middle school students in a local tutorial since I was a high schooler. I hope to help young students excel in their academic endeavors since they are the future of what is to come in this world!
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...feel empowered to ask questions and engage deeply with the material. I am passionate about helping aspiring healthcare professionals succeed, as I believe that strong foundational knowledge is essential in the medical field. Currently, I apply my expertise in the classroom, fostering a connection with my students that encourages their academic growth and confidence. In my spare time, I enjoy reading about advancements in healthcare and exploring the outdoors, which fuels my enthusiasm for teaching...
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Teaching is my passion as I have studied for many years to receive my B.S. in Language Arts Education and my B.A. in Second Language Studies: Spanish. I have my Masters of English: Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Wyoming. Currently I am a World Literature teaching in Minneapolis, MN. I love interacting with students in a fun and creative way so that the lesson sticks with them.
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...with a focus on learning and brain development. Since graduation, I have began working in a middle school, facilitating speech therapy sessions. I work with an SLP to assist students with their reading comprehension, articulation, and overall language skills. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Arts, Literature, and Science. I am a firm proponent of education, believing it to be absolutely necessary for an improved quality of life,...
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...supposed to stick to and focus on as a career. I tried a lot of different genres of photography--fashion, music, event, headshot, commercial, food--to finally realize what I am supposed to focus on in photography, teaching & art. My personal mission: Promote creativity and confidence through photography as a process and art form. It starts with learning the basics of the camera, exposure, and composition. I would love to see you in class.
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...a certified ESL/TESOL teacher and have experience teaching groups of students as well as providing individual lessons. Working in different environments, with a diverse range of students, encouraged me to explore more creative tutoring methods in order to understand and communicate ideas. Through my experience as a tutor, I developed a multifaceted approach to teaching and learning; a style that is adaptable and uniquely catered to each individual personality. I have found that humor and...
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...in tutoring many subjects, mostly in the humanities and social sciences. I also tutor in Mandarin Chinese. As a native speaker in Chinese, I love to teach Chinese because the language relates to my background and specialty. I can also tutor areas in social sciences, including statistics, biostatistics, psychology, etc. I am looking forward to meeting new students. My teaching philosophy is to let students get the most out of the sessions and I am...
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Learning is a lifetime journey - and you're never too old to embark on a new chapter. Take up painting for fun, a martial art, read a book in a subject you never thought you might be interested. Above all, remember to keep yourself exploring new and different latitudes.
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...essay editing. I also tutor any level of Spanish, including test prep for SAT subject tests or Spanish Language AP tests. I also tutor Japanese, clarinet, and public speaking. My favorite subjects to tutor are any involving ESL or foreign language as I have a passion for language learning and teaching. I speak English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and have also studied Japanese, German, Brazilian Sign Language, and Italian. I would describe my teaching philosophy as...
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...years of my life, 2 of which I spent acting as a translator for visitors while I was living in Taiwan. Chinese is my life, I have been learning since I was in 3rd grade. I am very passionate about the language. I am a helpful, exciting, and relatable tutor; I am friendly and outgoing. I am the youngest of five siblings in my family. I love horseback riding, reading, and traveling! I have traveled...
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...leadership, and mentorship, I bring creativity, patience, and a people-first mindset to every tutoring session. As a Navy Veteran and lifelong learner, I know the value of discipline and encouragementand I believe learning should be just as empowering as it is fun. Whether helping students master complex concepts or gain confidence in their abilities, I create a supportive and engaging environment where curiosity thrives and growth follows. Every student has potentialand I'm here to help...
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...did that for 5 years in a self secluded classroom, for the students on the certificate track. I attended a small town private university, Lee University, for my undergrad where I earned my degree in Human Development with a business emphasis. I am currently working on achieving my Masters in Special Education at McDaniel College. My favorite subjects to teach/tutor is English and Social Studies. I enjoy making learning fun. I cater and differentiate my...
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A Caterpillar Inc. engineer looking to help other students realize their potential - namely in Math, Science, and English. I want to be a catalyst for students to complete and exceed their tasks. Patience is a virtue - I realize all students learn a little differently. The key is to personalize the material and explain it in a clear way!
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...people just like I like to be treated, so I'm hoping that tells more than enough. If you're interested in being tutored by me, know that I'm more than excited to share with you everything about my culture, my language and guide you through every step of the process so you can communicate with others. Whether you're a student, someone who wants to move to a Spanish speaking country or if you already do and...
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...Psychology. When tutoring, I specialize in English and am also experienced in tutoring select high school and college Psychology classes. I am a highly engaged tutor who incorporates success coaching into her sessions. I am not only here to help you or your student improve in a subject area, but also to teach study habits, provide encouragement, and work as a role model for becoming a lifelong learner. I am passionate about both what I...
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...designer for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), volunteer EMT, am the Arts Editor for the Yale Scientific Magazine, am the Layout Editor for the Yale Globalist Magazine, conduct autism research in the School of Medicine, and tutor a Differential Equations course to small groups of students weekly. Aside from my passion for science and math, I enjoy writing essays in my literature classes, designing in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and more and also...
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I had never worked as a formal educator before this past school year, and one of the many things I learned was that watching elementary school students learn to read is FASCINATING. I also learned that kids like me, and tend to be glad to work with me because I'm not a normal stodgy grown-up.
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...after school hours to help students prepare for their school testing or just to help them through a difficult subject matter. I always had so much fun teaching student's new ways to help them through their test sections. Having an education is necessary in order to achieve top quality of life. In my spare time I enjoy reading novels by my favorite author, spending time with my family, and taking part in events around my...
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Tonight we worked on another Precis. The topic was the Thomas Nast cartoon. She already had a thesis statement, which she had worked on in class. It was really good, and she liked it, so that's what we worked with. Her teacher had established a basic structure for what she needed to talk about, which made it a little easier to get started. But the student is starting to see/hear what sounds awkward as far as wording and transitions go. So she is not being complacent when it comes to her writing. That is definitely a change from the first time we worked together on a writing assignment way back in the fall. She is also now aware of what might be a run-on, and she is self-correcting/editing as she writes.
Today, we met and continued attacking the test strategies. We decided that the student will not be taking the essay because in doing the math and calculating her potential score, this risk is not worth the potential gain of changing her writing score. The writing score is scaled by the essay and right now her writing score is so high that she would have to match that with a near perfect essay. Thus, there is no real gain to taking the essay.
We did work on Math and Science, going over many practice problems and talking about timing.
For next time, the student will need to:
1) Practice Reading and Science (especially timing)
2) Learn the trigonometry functions
Properties of right triangles, parallel and perpendicular lines, corresponding, alternate interior, and same side interior angles, and problem solving using logic. Student seems to be much more confident in geometry than other math areas, but is having some issues with logical thinking on word problems.
We worked on some physics; the second moment of inertia problems were causing some confusion so we spent some time working through the formulas and developing an intuition for what was happening. In the end I think he knows in his mind what inertia, momentum and fore are and how they relate to each other; now we just have to work on applying them to a problem. In differential equations he is coming up against systems of differential equations so matrix algebra is on the table. We worked with matrix multiplication, determinants, inverses and Cramer's rule. Those topics seemed to sink in well.
We went over the student's practice tests, and techniques for writing the essay. We focused on math topics that he had learned in school but forgotten (and might need for the exam), and did some reading comprehension "slow" drills so that he could see how working through the questions more slowly could help him get the right answer.
We focused on the math section. The student's overall score was the same as her initial test. She struggled with identifying how to begin many problems, but once they were explained to her, she found them easy in relation to concepts. She needs to focus on practicing so that she will gain confidence; she has the understanding of basic concepts.
