
Sam
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: University of Louisville - Bachelors, Humanities
GRE Verbal: 170
Reading, Chess, tooling around Albuquerque on my bike.
Arabic
College English
High School English
What is your teaching philosophy?
Getting really good at anything is a matter of practice, motivation, and guidance. You practice, I guide, and we can meet in the middle on motivation.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
Learn about the student. Give the student an activity (e.g., a reading excerpt) that is part learning exercise, part evaluation, and work through it together. Assign homework based on the progress of the lesson.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
When a student feels that work is connected to success, then the work feels easy. My goal is to help the student see that connection.