I am a retired teacher who tutors and writes and who has had decades of success motivating and preparing people for a range of tests and tasks. My students since 1979 have ranged from middle school urban and rural to university level juniors and seniors. While I spent almost ten years teaching higher ed. English Composition, Literature, and Research, the majority of my teaching time was in college preparatory curricula. I make a room comfortable when I come in but if it needs energized, I energize it.

Film Studies, Hiking, Reading, Literary Criticism, Ecology (northeast Ohio flora and fauna, especially snakes).