...When I finished, I was reasonably proficient and able to translate from works such as Cicero, Virgil, etc. In addition, I have made a close literary study of the Iliad, Odyssey, and several of the Greek tragedies. I am also thoroughly familiar with Greco-Roman mythology. (read more)
...My name is Emily and I’m a first-year at the University of Chicago studying Economics and Political Science. In high school, I received a 35 on the ACT with 0 missed questions on English or Reading, a 1550 on the SAT with a 760 on the English section, and a 39 on the IB Diploma with all 6s and 7... (read more)
...I have a reasonable understanding of guitar theory, but I believe music is about your ears so I play and teach through an attention to the actual sound being emitted from the instrument. I have played poker successfully for 10+ years. I have read numerous books on the subject (Super/System, Eve... (read more)
...I taught at Children's Montessori School in Escondido, CA for thirty years. I spent many of those years teaching fifth and sixth grades simultaneously in one self-contained classroom. I tutored other students from other grades both before and after school and since moving back to Maryland I h... (read more)
...I have seen so many students struggle to make it in algebra - it's so new and different, and at first it can seem really confusing. My goal with struggling algebra students (and all math students) is to find the weak points and spend concentrated time there until the weak points have become the ... (read more)