Award-Winning History Tutors in Hendersonville, TN

...diverse educational background and am currently completing my JD/MBA. Prior to coming to Emory for Grad School, I graduated in 3 years from the University of Central Florida. While I enjoy learning now, that wasn't always the case and I am very sympathetic to students who find some subjects to be particularly taxing. I understand what it feels like to be frustrated and feel like you will never master a topic or subject. Whether you...

...during my junior year of high school. With hard work, perseverance, and a wonderful tutor I was able to raise my scores significantly and see the positive results that ensued. The experience I had with Varsity Tutors inspired me to return two years later as a tutor with the hope of assisting students in reaching their full potential and attaining their ultimate goals. I have ample experience with test preparation as I have personally taken...

...in May 2015. I graduated summa cum laude and was able to secure a judicial clerkship with the Arizona Supreme Court. A large part of my success academically has been the product of great tutors and mentors along the way, so I am excited about the opportunity to to tutor in a broad range of subjects. When I'm not working, I'm busy traveling and watching sports. I'm also a bit of an extreme sports fanatic....

...endless opportunities to interpret, interact with, and contribute to the world. I'm passionate about teaching and have worked with students of all ages as section leader at the Great Books Summer Program at Stanford University, teacher at an alternative high school, and educational programmer at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and Yale Art Gallery. Whether making standardized testing less stressful, college essays personally meaningful, or history relevant, my teaching aims to help students...

...located in Washington DC for the past three years. I enjoy tutoring subjects such as History, English, Writing, English as a Second Language, Theology etc. My teaching philosophy could be summarized by the proverb “if you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn.” My goal is to not just give information, or simply give help, but...

...to and creating music, fishing, reading, computer games, the Oxford comma, discovering other INTJs, and anything that involves cats. I was hired by Varsity Tutors in May of 2016. Before working for Varsity Tutors, I have had informal experience in high school tutoring peers and younger students in mostly math and science. I also tutored ACT prep, and helped a peer raise her composite score 3 points. I like to emphasize understanding concepts rather than...

A motivated, diverse, and learned individual with a vibrant passion for study, research, and preservation of historical events cultivated by a diverse ancestry rooted deeply in Texas, Southern, and American history. Particular expertise in American and European history, Political Science and International Studies along with a command of the written and spoken French language. Extensive experience in the IT industry working alongside dedicated healthcare professionals... My teaching philosophy is to cater to the individual student. Everyone learns differently, so it is important to be dynamic and utilize methods that the student will benefit from.

...EE Waddell HS in Charlotte, NC, where I took 5 AP courses and 4 courses at the local community college. I participated in just about every extra curricular available, including National Honor Society (President), yearbook, volleyball, and I held down a part time job at a coffee shop. I graduated with a 4.25 GPA and went on to obtain my Bachelor's degree in Psychology and French after four years at UNC-Wilmington. I had the pleasure...

A love of teaching and helping others should go hand in hand. My mission is to assist others in their own learning. With over 30 years experience to draw from, I feel that I have much to offer to a variety of learning styles, grade levels, and advanced learning situations.

...Two from those generations were my father and grandmother. Both helped me develop a "joy for learning," while they displayed a "joy for teaching." Though I struggled academically in the early grades, they modeled a 'desire to try," which resulted in the "momentum" that helped me intentionally reach learning goals. My mother and grandmother, who were not teachers, fostered my character learning experience. Though my grandmother did not attend school past the third grade, she...