...As soon as I feel students are hesitating or confused, I stop and try to clarify information by finding out at what step I lost them. When they don’t understand, I want them to ask questions. That way, understanding is ensured, and students can move forward with confidence. (read more)
...GED is one of my favorite subjects to tutor. I have helped 4 students pass their GED and move on to better things in life. One went from living at home in his 30's to becoming a realtor. (read more)
...A little like literary cognitive behavioral therapy that helps you arrive at your own unique understanding, with an ability to get it across. I am writing a college textbook to be published next year. It will be for the first-year composition course, and critical thinking (argument writing).
I was also a competitive fencer who competed at the National and World Cup level. (read more)
...I seek out the gift in every student and value the privilege to work with them. I hold a Masters Degree in Liberal Studies - with a History and English emphasis, a Bachelors Degree in English, and an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts - with a Social Science and Biology emphasis. My teaching exp... (read more)
...Most recently I taught middle and high school at a dual language international academy in Costa Rica before returning to my home state of Florida. If I were to distill my teaching style down to one word it would be: Connections. The joy of making connections with students and helping them make connections to new material is what drew me to education in the first place. (read more)