...I am currently in my second year of teaching first and second grade. I love being in the classroom, and I know this is the ideal career for me. My patience and ability to show empathy are two of my best qualities, and I feel that like the students I teach, I am also a learner in the classroom. (read more)
...I wrote my thesis on brain maturation for medical school, which was published and can be found on Pubmed and ncbi.nlm.nih.gov under 'Maturation of the Adolescent Brain'. In University, I graduated with a Bachelors of Science, majoring in anthropology and minoring in chemistry. I was also in the National Honor's Society during high school. (read more)
...I am certified to teach in Illinois and currently teach at a selective high school. I have tutored students in chemistry for more than 2 years. I approach teaching and tutoring by helping my students to understand concepts rather than memorizing facts. (read more)
...Personally, I had a 61 Verbal and 5.5 out of 6 on the GRE writing putting me in the 96th percentile. I regularly proofread essays, personal statements, and have published both a Master's Thesis and a doctoral dissertation. I love writing and consider it my biggest strength. (read more)
35 Subjects: includingCommon Core,Elementary (K-6th),Statistics,Elementary Math
...I still tutor there and lead multi-subject workshops for the school's placement and admission tests, which have a pre-algebra focus. In addition to my BA and MA in English, I completed several sessions of teacher training in how to teach reading strategies at the high school level. I have appli... (read more)