Award-Winning History Tutors in Santa Monica, CA

...staggering diversity of human achievements and the rich beauty of the natural environment. I take pleasure in working as a tutor because it is an opportunity to think about my favorite things for hours on end! Even if you aren't quite as excited by your schoolwork as I am, I hope that I can help to make your assignments much less confusing and much more tolerable. I promise to work with you patiently and respectfully,...

...Through this group, I co-founded ESProut, a program focused on bringing free after-school classes to under-resourced schools in the greater Somerville area, through which I taught French and poetry. Following graduation, I spent the school-year working as an English language teaching assistant at a high school in Bordeaux, France where I created lessons focusing on grammar, vocabulary, idiomatic speech, and culture. This past year, I received my master's in English at the University of Cambridge,...

...am currently studying at California State University Fullerton, and hope to complete my Bachelor's degree in History in the coming year. I have always enjoyed history books and am looking forward to transferring that love on to my future students. I have been teaching in a weekend school for the past year, and have found that helping students overcome obstacles in their education is one of my favorite pastimes. I am very much looking forward...

...I teach students about the skills and strategies of the sport every year. My favorite subjects to tutor are standardized test preparation and writing. I believe that great test takers are made, not born. Anyone can improve your SAT or LSAT score with the right practice and guidance. I like to use a teaching method similar to how I would teach a sport by simplifying the concepts and strategies necessary into manageable terms, and then...

...leads to some amazing conversations- yet it also allows me to simultaneously sharpen students' communication and critical thinking skills. Aside from writing, I enjoy tutoring Spanish, history, and study skills. As I see it, tutoring is not just about helping struggling students; it is about pushing students (even the brightest!) to grow both academically and personally. Now for my alphabet soup of degrees. I received my Bachelor's degree from UCLA in Sociology with a minor...

...passion for languages began in middle school when I began learning Spanish. I loved the language so much I studied abroad twice in Spain, in Barcelona and San Sebastian. My time abroad only made this passion grow. I decided to turn this passion into my university endeavors and majored in Spanish and Portuguese at Vanderbilt University. I absolutely love Romance Languages. I have also studied in Italy for a year and studied French and Romanian....

...tutor in New York, Los Angeles, and Barcelona. While I tutor a wide range of subjects, I am most passionate about English, History, Math, and the SAT. I am fascinated by the SAT. I love teaching struggling test takers how to view the SAT as an approachable, accessible set of riddles and games instead of as an intellectual brick wall. I firmly believe that the majority of people can find great joy in academics once...

...set your mind to. Mindset is so, so important, and I believe that with a powerful mindset one can push through any barrier and overcome any obstacle not just in learning, but in life. Furthermore, my goal is not just to simply help a student do better in a subject they are struggling in, but to also make them better in every aspect of their life and to never let an academic challenge scare them,...

...every minute of it! I believe that it's a real privilege to be a tutor. We get to sit next to a student and help them as they grow into whatever kind of student and learner they want to be. I think that's a very serious thing, to be a part of someone's growth. But, it's also a really cool thing. We get to be there to support students as they realize exactly what kind...

...can (and should) be fun, and that teaching and tutoring are much more effective when the student is happy and engaged. My approach to tutoring is to listen carefully to each student so I can get a sense of what it is about the particular subject that they find challenging. I enjoy teaching, and I have tutored Spanish to native English speakers as well as taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for the state...