Georgetown grad, 45yrs old. I love mentoring students and watching them accelerate, not just excel. I truly take an interest in them and adjust to the way they learn.

Education is one of those institutions that is so ubiquitous in modern society that one rarely thinks to question what its purpose might be, why it exists at all, what the world might be like without it. These questions, however, are of dire importance, and the less we think about them, the more likely our systems of education are to stray from utility into irrelevance.Education stems from a variety of sources. Many Native American societies used it to teach their young valuable lessons learned in their lives and the lives of their ancestors that those children might avoid repeating mistakes of the past. The Pilgrims were part of a widespread tradition that used it primarily to instruct children in the values and precepts of their religion. Our Founding Fathers desired to create an informed and productive citizenry that would steer our democracy in the right direction. Many would purport that our modern system of public schooling is simply a form of social control, the true motivation of the nineteenth-century legislators who created it.While there may be value in all of these and still other perspectives, my own viewpoint aligns closest with that of the Native Americans. Albert Camus summarized the crux of this purpose most succinctly in his 1947 novel The Plague: "The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding." The world is an astoundingly complex place filled with an astounding variety of people and creatures, but the knowledge and understanding which our predecessors hand down to us, assuming we are receptive to it, allow us to reach greater success and perhaps even greater contentment than they ever could.Of course any philosophy of education which credits Camus is likely to be a bit on the abstract side, but my perspective has at least one very real and tangible consequence: in this day and age, the abundant knowledge and understandings we receive from those who came before us are absolutely necessary to get into a good college, find a good job, and make a good living. For many, this is the more important "purpose of education." I remain hesitant to place such a high value on something that is so essentially material, but it is hard not to mention it.The role of the student in education is to be both open and committed to learning and mastery. Learning never ends, and the student should view his education in these terms. The student must be aware of the benefits education has for him. In an ideal world, this is enough to keep him focused on his learning and on mastery of skills and content. In the real world, there are many distractions and gaps steering him in the wrong direction.The role of the teacher is to guide the student toward learning and mastery, as well as to prioritize and organize learning in a way that is most beneficial. It is true that many of the best students scarcely need a teacher. History abounds with examples of men and women like Abraham Lincoln who rose to the pinnacle of human intellect and capability more or less without any need for a teacher. Unfortunately, these people are the exception by far. Most of us do need guidance, and that is why people like me have a job. Again, in an ideal world, this would be where the teacher's role would end, but, as mentioned above, many students find themselves distracted from their learning by a variety of factors or even impaired by gaps in background knowledge and skills. It then becomes the role of the teacher also to incentivize education itself and to intervene in order to close those gaps and bring every student to a high level of achievement.The teacher's role does not end in the classroom. Especially considering the true purpose of education is staving off ignorance and thereby ameliorating social intercourse, a teacher must be on twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. A teacher must model good citizenship that his students can learn by example. In order to do so, a teacher must be an active and benevolent participant in his community. Thus, students can witness the value of education by witnessing it firsthand from a person with whom they have an actual relationship.

I received my B.A. in Communications and French from Hope College in Holland, MI. I decided to pursue a degree in French not because I had my heart set on teaching in a classroom setting, but simply because I couldn't get enough of studying language! My undergrad years included a semester abroad at the University of Rennes II in Brittany, France, where I studied French literature, journalism, translation, and pronunciation. During my undergrad, I worked as a French tutor in one-on-one settings, as well as a teaching assistant for a French course, independently leading a weekly class that followed their professor's curriculum and provided additional space for practice.Since graduating in 2014, I have spent 4 years living and working in francophone West Africa, including 1 year of total language immersion in a professional setting. Along the way, I have loved any opportunity to encourage others in their language learning goals, whether in French or English. I love seeing people enjoy the confusing, convivial, humbling, and eye-opening experience of learning and using a foreign language!Aside from tutoring, I've found opportunities to use French in my community by volunteering as a translator and interpreter for asylum seekers. I currently volunteer as an assistant in a weekly online ESL (English as a Second Language) class.In the past, I have worn more professional hats that I can count, but I can't remember having a job I didn't like. I have prepared coffee, catered wedding banquets, coordinated activities for a senior living community, and sold rain gear and climbing equipment at an outdoor sports retailer. Most recently, I've worked as the Executive Assistant for a medical NGO in West Africa.

Education and the sharing of knowledge are instrumental in the human experience; the sharing of knowledge is impossible if we do not understand one-another, it is for this reason that I have been studying French for nearly 5 years, in both high school and at Arizona State University, and wish to learn at least 4 additional languages. At ASU I earned a BA in French, and I also participated in a study abroad program during the summer of 2015 in which I went to Qubec City and intensively studied French as a foreign language, which deeply enriched my knowledge of the variety of the French language. While completing my French degree, I also worked through a BS in Biology. Science and the scientific method have likewise inspired me and deeply influence my way of thinking, as I feel it should for almost anyone. Science, and especially biology, pushes the bounds of our understanding of life on earth and medicine. I have spent a great deal of time providing balance between science and the humanities. Even in one of the most famous works of Franois Rabelais, Gargantua stresses the importance of balance to his son Pantagruel, including the suggestion of at least 5 languages. Borrowing from this sagacity, I hope to mold others as well to see the joy of education, science, and language.

I am a Frenchman lost in America, accomplishing a Master's degree in Finance at Boston College. I have been tutoring Math and English to French students for about 4 years. Other relevant experiences include translations for the French Red Cross and large financial groups.I like to work with students by encouraging them to have the appropriate reasoning by themselves, making them better understand the grammar rules and the use of the language. My interests in French culture are architecture, cinema and XIXth century literature.In my spare time, I like to swim and I play the classical guitar.I will be glad to talk to you about France and help you grow in your fields of interest!

I am a graduate of Indiana University. I received a B.A. in French and International Studies. I also received a M.A. in Public and Environmental Affairs and a M.S.Ed. in School Counseling. I am passionate about helping students achieve their goals! I spent the past year as an ESOL teacher at a public high school and middle school in France. I enjoy providing lessons and tutoring for French, English, Psychology, Ecology and Environmental Science. I look forward to meeting you!

As a Physics major in undergraduate and graduate school, I have had many opportunities over the past 10 years to teach others, both as a teaching assistant and as personal tutor. I find the experience of helping students understand Math and Physics concepts, using their perspective and knowledge as a starting point, very rewarding. I believe that with the right teaching methods, anyone can excel in these subjects through hard work and perseverance. I hope to give my students the tools to confidently tackle any problem not only in Math and Physics, but across other subjects as well.

A recent graduate of Fordham University, I have received my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Spanish Language and Literature. I also hold a minor in French Language and Literature. I've taken coursework in every subject from computer science to film and media, and I have experience in standardized testing such as the ACT and SAT. I know that there is no singular approach to tutoring students; every individual learns differently. I appreciate this fact, and I promise to find the best approach tailored to the subject matter and your needs as a student.

I received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and French from Southeast Missouri State University. While in college I travelled to Montreal, Quebec for an entire summer to work and learn French.I taught Spanish and French for two years at a small rural high school in Missouri. During those years I was asked to teach a Spanish summer program to underserved students which I really found both challenging, and rewarding.After my second year of teaching I left for Montpellier, France on a scholarship to study international business for a year as part of an exchange program. Following that year of study I was able to remain in France for an additional four years.In my spare time I volunteer helping serve meals to the community's unhoused at a local church, I like staying abreast of world events, practice martial arts, yoga, and ride my bike just to name a few.

I graduated high school with an IB Diploma in the spring of 2018. I am immensely involved in learning the French language and I greatly enjoy teaching students the ins-and-outs of French pronunciation and vocabulary! Over the past four years, I took rigorous IB French courses, skipped level three French, participated in international French-immersion camps, passed the AP French four exam with a score of "five," and took the Higher Level IB French five exam. Furthermore, I have participated in the state-wide Texas French Symposium Competition for the past three years, and have won numerous awards, including winning first place in the state in level five prose and sight reading, and second place in the state in level five guided speaking! In addition to being enamored with the French language, I harbor enjoyment for the playing the Viola, which I have been playing for over seven and a half years. I expanded my propensity in teaching students how to play string instruments by participating in the United Sound Program where I had to work with specifically selected orchestra peers to teach special-needs students how to play string instruments. Furthermore, I am very good in history, have honed my studying skills, and can fluently speak and read Italian! I am very organized and have a knack for aiding learners.

Georgetown grad, 45yrs old. I love mentoring students and watching them accelerate, not just excel. I truly take an interest in them and adjust to the way they learn.

Education is one of those institutions that is so ubiquitous in modern society that one rarely thinks to question what its purpose might be, why it exists at all, what the world might be like without it. These questions, however, are of dire importance, and the less we think about them, the more likely our systems of education are to stray from utility into irrelevance.Education stems from a variety of sources. Many Native American societies used it to teach their young valuable lessons learned in their lives and the lives of their ancestors that those children might avoid repeating mistakes of the past. The Pilgrims were part of a widespread tradition that used it primarily to instruct children in the values and precepts of their religion. Our Founding Fathers desired to create an informed and productive citizenry that would steer our democracy in the right direction. Many would purport that our modern system of public schooling is simply a form of social control, the true motivation of the nineteenth-century legislators who created it.While there may be value in all of these and still other perspectives, my own viewpoint aligns closest with that of the Native Americans. Albert Camus summarized the crux of this purpose most succinctly in his 1947 novel The Plague: "The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding." The world is an astoundingly complex place filled with an astounding variety of people and creatures, but the knowledge and understanding which our predecessors hand down to us, assuming we are receptive to it, allow us to reach greater success and perhaps even greater contentment than they ever could.Of course any philosophy of education which credits Camus is likely to be a bit on the abstract side, but my perspective has at least one very real and tangible consequence: in this day and age, the abundant knowledge and understandings we receive from those who came before us are absolutely necessary to get into a good college, find a good job, and make a good living. For many, this is the more important "purpose of education." I remain hesitant to place such a high value on something that is so essentially material, but it is hard not to mention it.The role of the student in education is to be both open and committed to learning and mastery. Learning never ends, and the student should view his education in these terms. The student must be aware of the benefits education has for him. In an ideal world, this is enough to keep him focused on his learning and on mastery of skills and content. In the real world, there are many distractions and gaps steering him in the wrong direction.The role of the teacher is to guide the student toward learning and mastery, as well as to prioritize and organize learning in a way that is most beneficial. It is true that many of the best students scarcely need a teacher. History abounds with examples of men and women like Abraham Lincoln who rose to the pinnacle of human intellect and capability more or less without any need for a teacher. Unfortunately, these people are the exception by far. Most of us do need guidance, and that is why people like me have a job. Again, in an ideal world, this would be where the teacher's role would end, but, as mentioned above, many students find themselves distracted from their learning by a variety of factors or even impaired by gaps in background knowledge and skills. It then becomes the role of the teacher also to incentivize education itself and to intervene in order to close those gaps and bring every student to a high level of achievement.The teacher's role does not end in the classroom. Especially considering the true purpose of education is staving off ignorance and thereby ameliorating social intercourse, a teacher must be on twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. A teacher must model good citizenship that his students can learn by example. In order to do so, a teacher must be an active and benevolent participant in his community. Thus, students can witness the value of education by witnessing it firsthand from a person with whom they have an actual relationship.

I received my B.A. in Communications and French from Hope College in Holland, MI. I decided to pursue a degree in French not because I had my heart set on teaching in a classroom setting, but simply because I couldn't get enough of studying language! My undergrad years included a semester abroad at the University of Rennes II in Brittany, France, where I studied French literature, journalism, translation, and pronunciation. During my undergrad, I worked as a French tutor in one-on-one settings, as well as a teaching assistant for a French course, independently leading a weekly class that followed their professor's curriculum and provided additional space for practice.Since graduating in 2014, I have spent 4 years living and working in francophone West Africa, including 1 year of total language immersion in a professional setting. Along the way, I have loved any opportunity to encourage others in their language learning goals, whether in French or English. I love seeing people enjoy the confusing, convivial, humbling, and eye-opening experience of learning and using a foreign language!Aside from tutoring, I've found opportunities to use French in my community by volunteering as a translator and interpreter for asylum seekers. I currently volunteer as an assistant in a weekly online ESL (English as a Second Language) class.In the past, I have worn more professional hats that I can count, but I can't remember having a job I didn't like. I have prepared coffee, catered wedding banquets, coordinated activities for a senior living community, and sold rain gear and climbing equipment at an outdoor sports retailer. Most recently, I've worked as the Executive Assistant for a medical NGO in West Africa.

Education and the sharing of knowledge are instrumental in the human experience; the sharing of knowledge is impossible if we do not understand one-another, it is for this reason that I have been studying French for nearly 5 years, in both high school and at Arizona State University, and wish to learn at least 4 additional languages. At ASU I earned a BA in French, and I also participated in a study abroad program during the summer of 2015 in which I went to Qubec City and intensively studied French as a foreign language, which deeply enriched my knowledge of the variety of the French language. While completing my French degree, I also worked through a BS in Biology. Science and the scientific method have likewise inspired me and deeply influence my way of thinking, as I feel it should for almost anyone. Science, and especially biology, pushes the bounds of our understanding of life on earth and medicine. I have spent a great deal of time providing balance between science and the humanities. Even in one of the most famous works of Franois Rabelais, Gargantua stresses the importance of balance to his son Pantagruel, including the suggestion of at least 5 languages. Borrowing from this sagacity, I hope to mold others as well to see the joy of education, science, and language.

I am a Frenchman lost in America, accomplishing a Master's degree in Finance at Boston College. I have been tutoring Math and English to French students for about 4 years. Other relevant experiences include translations for the French Red Cross and large financial groups.I like to work with students by encouraging them to have the appropriate reasoning by themselves, making them better understand the grammar rules and the use of the language. My interests in French culture are architecture, cinema and XIXth century literature.In my spare time, I like to swim and I play the classical guitar.I will be glad to talk to you about France and help you grow in your fields of interest!

I am a graduate of Indiana University. I received a B.A. in French and International Studies. I also received a M.A. in Public and Environmental Affairs and a M.S.Ed. in School Counseling. I am passionate about helping students achieve their goals! I spent the past year as an ESOL teacher at a public high school and middle school in France. I enjoy providing lessons and tutoring for French, English, Psychology, Ecology and Environmental Science. I look forward to meeting you!

As a Physics major in undergraduate and graduate school, I have had many opportunities over the past 10 years to teach others, both as a teaching assistant and as personal tutor. I find the experience of helping students understand Math and Physics concepts, using their perspective and knowledge as a starting point, very rewarding. I believe that with the right teaching methods, anyone can excel in these subjects through hard work and perseverance. I hope to give my students the tools to confidently tackle any problem not only in Math and Physics, but across other subjects as well.

A recent graduate of Fordham University, I have received my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Spanish Language and Literature. I also hold a minor in French Language and Literature. I've taken coursework in every subject from computer science to film and media, and I have experience in standardized testing such as the ACT and SAT. I know that there is no singular approach to tutoring students; every individual learns differently. I appreciate this fact, and I promise to find the best approach tailored to the subject matter and your needs as a student.

I received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and French from Southeast Missouri State University. While in college I travelled to Montreal, Quebec for an entire summer to work and learn French.I taught Spanish and French for two years at a small rural high school in Missouri. During those years I was asked to teach a Spanish summer program to underserved students which I really found both challenging, and rewarding.After my second year of teaching I left for Montpellier, France on a scholarship to study international business for a year as part of an exchange program. Following that year of study I was able to remain in France for an additional four years.In my spare time I volunteer helping serve meals to the community's unhoused at a local church, I like staying abreast of world events, practice martial arts, yoga, and ride my bike just to name a few.

I graduated high school with an IB Diploma in the spring of 2018. I am immensely involved in learning the French language and I greatly enjoy teaching students the ins-and-outs of French pronunciation and vocabulary! Over the past four years, I took rigorous IB French courses, skipped level three French, participated in international French-immersion camps, passed the AP French four exam with a score of "five," and took the Higher Level IB French five exam. Furthermore, I have participated in the state-wide Texas French Symposium Competition for the past three years, and have won numerous awards, including winning first place in the state in level five prose and sight reading, and second place in the state in level five guided speaking! In addition to being enamored with the French language, I harbor enjoyment for the playing the Viola, which I have been playing for over seven and a half years. I expanded my propensity in teaching students how to play string instruments by participating in the United Sound Program where I had to work with specifically selected orchestra peers to teach special-needs students how to play string instruments. Furthermore, I am very good in history, have honed my studying skills, and can fluently speak and read Italian! I am very organized and have a knack for aiding learners.