Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Forest Park, IL

...worked with many different types of students, from elementary to college graduates, from students with learning disabilities to those who make straight A's. Having earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (SMU) and a Master's Degree in Biochemistry (CCNY), I specialize in the various math and science subjects. In addition to complete mastery of the...

...and academic abilities. My first academic love is Latin and the Classics- I really enjoy helping others develop their skills with the language and gain an appreciation for the culture and history of Rome. In my spare time I love to travel, especially to Italy and Greece, whenever I get the chance. I also enjoy...

...in Rome and was - like in some movie - stunned to physically feel that I was putting MY foot somewhere Julius Caesar had once put HIS foot. It wasn't just possible - it was a fact. I have never recovered! It is this sort of a-ha moment that I hope my students find. I...

...While a student, I studied Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Microbiology, Botany, Genetics, and many other courses of this type. I have also studied Anthropology and Art History a great deal. While in college, I interned as a Beloit Biomedical Research Scholar at the University of Loyola at their Sheridan campus. My research was regarding DNA...

...work with Varsity, I’ve worked as a preferred tutor at a Cincinnati high school that consistently ranks in U.S. News' and Newsweek's lists of top 100 high schools in the nation. I attended Indiana University, as a member of the prestigious Herman B Wells Scholars Program. I joined the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and I...

I am a senior at the University of Chicago, studying English and Theatre and Performance Studies. I have worked with children of all ages in various capacities, including teaching, and I find that the best way for students to learn is to have fun and engage them. ... Learning is most effective when the student is having fun, and the best way to learn is to teach.

...particular subject. So how can you prepare for a test made up of unknown content? The answer is to study the way the that test is written, administered, and scored. Put succinctly, the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) is challenging because the test tries to make you uncomfortable. The testing environments are tense. Computer testing is...

...I am very familiar with best tutoring and pedagogical practices, having developed and presented training on these topics to my own tutors! My approach to tutoring is highly student-centered, and will likely never involve lecturing or the "depositing" of knowledge into students' "brain banks"; I encourage all students to construct their own knowledge where they...

...experience, for there is much value to students doing things themselves as opposed to being talked to all the time. As an English major at Columbia University, I hope to be able to use the critical thinking skills I have acquired along my personal journey to work with students and adapt to any learning environment...

...College, where I studied Latin and Computer Science, I continued to work as a third-grade classroom assistant, a high-school algebra tutor, and a mentor to high school students seeking to improve their grades and craft successful college essays. Following my graduation in 2012, I worked for two years as an ESL teacher at Shanxi Agricultural...