...My main goal is to make learning fun, engaging, and relatable. Every child is unique, and so are their learning needs. My lessons begin with an assessment of the student's reading level and ability. (read more)
...Additionally, I traveled through Belgium, Luxembourg and France as a teenager by bicycle, conversing in French. At Rutgers University, I lived in the French Dormitory on Douglass campus. We spoke French in the house, had a special class just for dormitory residents, and a French table to eat at in the cafeteria where only French was spoken. (read more)
...I taught at a test prep school for 1 year where I tutored a number of students in SSAT. I've designed two SAT programs for language arts. I am certified to teach English in high school. (read more)
...I have certification pending in elementary (I am missing two courses, one in geography, one in pedagogy). On Sundays I teach religious education to 3rd and 4th grade students. I am the coordinator of religious education at Notre Dame church and have taken two year-long ecumenical courses in Old ... (read more)
...I have successfully taken the MCAT with an equivalent percentile score of 97.1 overall, and a 99.4 in the Biological Sciences. Today, this would look like a 519 overall, and a 131 on the Biological section. While the test has certainly changed over time, I would argue that test-taking skills and core science knowledge and reasoning has not. (read more)