Award-Winning Latin Tutors in Olympia, WA

...received my BA in Classics and in Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University, continued to study Greek and Latin in the University of Pennsylvania's Post-Baccalaureate Classical Studies Program, and then acquired Medieval Latin during my MA at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. When not busy with academics, I fence on...

I started tutoring professionally in 2002 while I was in college. In 2004, I tutored English, French, Latin, and constitutional government for Baylor University's Student-Athlete Services and stayed there the first two years of law school. I love working with foreign languages. I speak English natively, French fluently, and Spanish and Arabic proficiently. I also...

...and subject tests), ESL students, and students with learning challenges. I usually find that encouragement and confidence building are just as critical to the process of addressing knowledge gaps as the acquisition of the information itself. I look forward to helping my students both learn the skills they will need to succeed and gain a...

...skills to college level writing and test preparation. I most enjoy helping students with their writing because they can see concrete improvements from their hard work after a session. In addition, my education has prepared me to tutor subjects such as English, literature, American history, European history, and Latin, as well as test preparation. When...

...that I cannot help with if not solve. I am exceptionally dedicated to my students; ensuring that they not simply memorize concepts or regurgitate facts but truly understand the material. I ask them to defend their answers which teaches them that the correct response is often less important than the reasoning used to reach said...

...in New York. I graduated with a Bachelor's in Bioethics and Natural Sciences and recently was accepted to medical school. I am a native French and Dutch speaker (don't worry - my English is good, too!) but I also love studying and teaching sciences, including physics, general and organic chemistry, biology, as well as math...

...productive months in Los Angeles spent tutoring, writing, and preparing for a career in academia. I have loved tutoring for years, and I have experience in a wide variety of contexts -- as a professional SAT and SAT II private and group instructor, as a Yale Writing and ESL Partner, and as a private Latin...

...I am a teaching assistant for a number literature and history courses. Many of my students are in their first or second year of university, and I especially enjoy working with them as they make the transition from high school to university, learning on the one hand what it means to write university level research...

...obtaining a TEFL certficate and tutoring and teaching there for the duration of my visa; when I returned to Philadelphia, I started working as a classroom ESL teacher for Kaplan International. Maybe because of these experiences, my favorite subjects to help with tend to be those most involved with language - Latin, Spanish, Reading/Writing skills...

...the humanities, especially history, psychology and literature. I am equally passionate about teaching the skills each of these disciplines requires for mastery: critical thinking; reading and comprehension strategies; academic writing and effective research methods. My areas of expertise include American and European history (as well as historiography). I specialize in political and military history, and...