Stefan
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: Oberlin College - Bachelor in Arts, History
ACT English: 36
ACT Reading: 35
SAT Verbal: 740
SAT Writing: 780
creative writing (primariily novels), law, immigration work, strategy games, reading, watching movies
College English
Conversational Spanish
High School English
Spanish 1
What is your teaching philosophy?
I believe in developing an approach that works for each individual student. Some prefer real-world examples; some prefer more conceptual descriptions. Some prefer to diagram and others to talk things out. I want to be able to come up with an approach that works for each student, and I am willing to be flexible and inventive until that approach is found. Generally, I like to try to turn the student into the teacher--to have them explain what they're learning to me. The true mark of having properly learned something is being able to explain it to another, and by trying to teach what one has learned, it's easy to identify which areas need the most work.