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...student is different, and every student can achieve success. In my free time I love running (I'm training for my second half marathon!), reading and watching documentaries. I am an avid traveler, and just completed my goal of visiting 25% of the world's countries. I am an enthusiastic person, and love meeting new people.

...wanted to pursue education as a career. Since making this decision I have had experience with students of all ages. I taught weekly lessons to 2nd and 4th graders during the first year of my program at Vanderbilt and then student taught in a fifth grade and a kindergarten. Although I enjoy teaching in all...

...landmarks of antiquity such as the Roman Forum, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Syracuse, Baiae, and see Medieval Italy through the artworks of Michelangelo and Bernini. Consequentially, I have a strong grasp of historical occurrences in Europe from antiquity to contemporary society. As a tutor, I intend to give a holistic and comprehensive approach to learning new subjects.

...and guiding hand in someone else’s life. As a young man myself, I developed a passion for Latin early on, and excelled in it through middle school, high school and college eventually earning my B.A. in Classics. Upon graduating, I went on to teach Latin for three years. My principal would always cite my ability...

...I realized this was not for me. At my core, I am more interested in learning and spreading that learning than I am in financial services. So this upcoming fall, I am starting graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis and hope that this route will lead me to a position as a University...

...flexible in that I rely on a sturdy basis of conceptual understanding and from there cater to an individual student's needs. In Mathematics courses especially, there can be many ways of going about a problem, some of which may better suit one student than another. Outside of academia, my hobbies include playing and writing music,...

...Special Education in Ethiopia and in the United States. I also tutored various levels of mathematics privately and tutored all subjects and college test prep through a tutoring company. Finally, I have three children who are now in high school and college and have tutored them through all of their advanced content and advanced placement...

...certification, I spent a year teaching ninth and tenth grade English classes at a high school in Arkansas. I tutor a variety of standardized tests and language arts subjects, but my passion lies in helping students become better writers. I have experienced the many obstacles students face when writing both as a teacher and as...

...common in schools today. Deficit learning focuses on what a student doesn't know, what (s)he isn't able to do. This kind of instruction can be overwhelming for some students. That's why I've dedicated myself as a tutor to reversing this trend, and encouraging students to recognize the skills they already have, and use them to...

...past ten years, I have taught additional classes in acting, history, musical theater, and even swimming! It is my experience that all students learn differently, and I enjoy finding with each student the best path for optimal results. Usually this means finding the intersection between the student's own interests and what the material has to...