...I work with private school students, as well as those in less privileged school districts, finding it particularly rewarding to tap into the hidden potential of those for whom learning is challenging. My areas of expertise are reading and writing. I understand the joys and advantages that being a confident reader with a strong vocabulary provide. (read more)
...I have tutored several students specifically in GED preparation in language arts. I hold a Master's Degree in Linguistics with emphasis on reading skills. I taught reading skills to college students for over 20 years during my teaching career in California. (read more)
...I became interested dramatic literature, so I decided to read English translations of the surviving Greek tragedies. I enjoyed them so much that I thought it would be better to study them in their original language. So when I enrolled in Bard College, I decided to major in Classics (also known as Greek and Roman studies). For my Senior Project I translated and directed Sophocles' Antigone. (read more)
...I have been an SAT tutor as well as a Sunday School lecturer. On top of this, I am currently an assistant self defense instructor at the New Paltz Karate Academy. I am an able and efficient teacher in the almost any field of the humanities, but my strong points are European History, American History, Social Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, and Religious Studies. (read more)
...Lawrence University and Barrett House Poughkeepsie NY. are the schools where I have received my degrees/education. I have been employed @ the Dover Plains School District, Pine Plains School District, and the Northern Dutchess Christian School as an art educator. I have actively painted over the course of my lifetime, and have an interest in working with art (painting) students. (read more)