...I studied English up to the highest AP level in high school and considered pursuing a BA in English. Studying foreign languages at the university level instead provided me with a greater understanding of language acquisition and of the mechanics of English. I put my skills into practice professionally when I worked as an English tutor in a middle school for one year. (read more)
...I have been tutoring students for the verbal sections of the SAT and ACT for more than 20 years. I also teach university students how to write well and how to speed-read with more comprehension. I have a Ph.D. in European Intellectual History, and I have taught in front of a classroom for many years. (read more)
...As an ESL instructor I support business professionals, university and graduate students and clients - including absolute beginners and advanced English speakers - revise and edit presentations, business reports, research papers, admissions essays and coursework regularly. As a communications con... (read more)
...For the subject of reading, students were taught comprehensive, evaluative, and analytic skills. All supplemental material was level-appropriate and culturally sensitive. Students were taught the following 18 forms of meta: the ability to recall facts, to analyze characteristics, conflict, and ... (read more)
...Throughout elementary and middle school, I competed in math competitions. In high school, I received an 800 in the SAT math section, an 800 in the SAT Subject Test for math, and a 36 in the ACT math section. I have continued taking math courses in college (including calculus, statistics, deductive logic, and discrete mathematics). I also received a 170 in the quantitative section of the GRE. (read more)