...I currently teach the ninth grade, twelfth grade, and an advanced placement language and composition course. I get no greater joy than helping a student gain the skills they need to address educational tasksI have worked as a New York City English Language Arts High School teacher for the past three years. I was rated as effective for the 2023-2024 school year. (read more)
8 Subjects: includingReading,Writing,SAT Reading,ACT English
...I also have a very basic knowledge of certain world music traditions, such as Hindustani classical music, and various Latin American popular styles. I have an extensive working and theoretical knowledge of the history and practice of theatre. I've been a playwright and actor all my life, have h... (read more)
...Prior to this, I earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and a Master of Arts degree the University of Southern California (USC). I have taught students ranging from high school to graduate school. Subjects I have taught in the past include: High... (read more)
...In my history, literature and culture classes, we read and discussed classic Greek mythology, Greek theater, and even Greek and Roman philosophy, including one assignment where the students wrote their own interpretive version of the Allegory of the Cave from Plato's Republic. I also taught The ... (read more)
...I enjoy reading, watching movies, working on projects, and traveling. I always explain to my students that if they need help understanding a concept, ask; no question is ever too small. I practice "chunking" where if you can't understand the whole concept, I break it down or what I call chunk it. (read more)