2,095 Silver Spring Language Arts Tutors

...In addition to formal and informal study of religion, I have taken 8 semesters of philosophy, including the history of philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, logic and moral philosophy. These studies deepened my inquiry into the meaning of life and the ethical questions we all grapple with. Although not formally trained in the Eastern religions, I have... read more

...In this way I have had lots of practice teaching study skills to children of all ages. While earning my masters degree in elementary education I worked as a student-teach in a 5th grade classroom. My science and social studies class consisted of only below grade level students. The majority of the students were in this class due to poor comprehension... read more

...On the side, I do a lot of volunteer work: I have experience singing in two choruses and have written press releases for a nonprofit organization for a number of years. I was the varsity basketball game PA announcer at City College of New York for 7 years, and for 13 years swimming/diving meet announcer summers and winters at local recreation club... read more

...I have been a private tutor for over five years working with Special Needs students in grades K-12-Adult in all areas of academics with several of the students improving their grades and grade point averages by as much as 3 grade points. My tutoring technique uses a relaxed, Socratic, student centric approach to: Note taking, Concentrating, Staying... read more

...In "real life" I work for several international organizations in the Washington, DC area, as a translator of documents, and as a simultaneous translator at meetings and forums. Writing is perhaps one academic area where even the best students have difficulty. Often, this is because we just don't seem to do much formal writing outside of a school... read more