...Or picking paper shreds out of the grass with a garbage grabber. (I've done that—it's no fun, believe me.) Maybe it feels like that for you now, but I hope to help you find ways to find words much less painfully. My name is Mara, and I graduated magna cum laude from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Literature, and a minor in Education. I am now working towards a masters in Book Publishing at PSU. (read more)
...I cannot believe it has been ten years! Though, I have tutored at three different universities in three different states. Repeat students are always the best because I love to see their growth. (read more)
...My particular study was on 18th and 19th-century English women authors like Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf. I have also studied Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Romeo and Juliet is still taught in many high schools today and understanding the older style of English can be difficult at first. (read more)
...I am happy to work with you to improve your vocabulary skills. I have 25 years of experience writing for business, law, and many different types of publications, and have worked with students on research papers, essays, and presentations. It's not just a matter of more words in your vocabulary, it's learning which are the right words. (read more)
...Geometry - Perimeter and area of polygons, surface area and volume of 3-D shapes, angles of lines, triangles, and polygons, parallel and perpendicular lines, triangles and quadrilaterals, similarity and congruence postulates for triangles, special right triangles, Pythagorean theorem, and so much... (read more)