I've been teaching children to read and improve their writing for over 20 years, starting as a volunteer in my son's kindergarten class. I enjoyed helping children so much in this way that I went on to study literacy and language acquisition for my Master's work. Now I tutor reading, writing, and language arts after retiring from teaching in a small, private school. (read more)
...My mother went crazy trying to figure out what my problem was. How could I maintain an A in English so easily, yet fail every other class? I always looked at the teacher during a lecture, I read along when my class took turns reading paragraphs out of our text book, I copied down the notes, and I even read the study guides! (read more)