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Phillip P.

Succeed in Life with Context Learning

Racine, WI (53405)

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Are you looking for a tutor with a proven track record of professional and academic success? If so, you can't do better than hiring me. A one-time Oxford University scholar, I am a five-time award-nominated poet, a former junior-level Internet-publishing executive and a nationally published journalist. I scored a 720 out of 800 on the SAT Verbal section, and I scored 700 out of 800 on the GRE Verbal section and 4.5 out of 5 on the GRE Writing section. And I can help you do all this too. The key to, for instance, scoring a 5 on the AP History, Literature and English Language exams (as I have done) is creating mental connections between the facts to form a mental picture.

This is called "Context Learning," and with me as your coach, you can learn to use this powerful tool to achieve success in whatever subject you set your sights on. What's more, I have experience tutoring junior-high and high-school students, as well as proctoring college-level classes. So, suffice it to say, I am comfortable working with both children and adults. I guarantee I can help you master the TOEFL, English, the GRE, the SAT, Reading, Writing, World History, American History, European History, HTML, French, Latin, SEO Marketing, and a host of other topics. So why not give me a try? An introductory session is economical at $45/hour, and my hourly rate becomes even more affordable after the first 10 hours per week!

Phillip's Subjects

Math:
Science:
  • philosophy,
  • physics
English:
Test Preparation:
Computer:
  • HTML,
  • Microsoft Excel,
  • Microsoft PowerPoint,
  • Microsoft Word
Language:
History:
Elementary Education:
Business:
  • GRE,
  • Microsoft Excel,
  • Microsoft PowerPoint,
  • Microsoft Word
Corporate Training:
Homeschool:

Algebra 1

Say you're tiling your deck, and you want to create a simple design with two different colors of tile: A large sea-blue square on a field of a terracotta red. The problem is, though both types are perfect squares, the blue tiles for the center are larger than the red tiles. And the deck, well it's rectangular! So how many packages of each type of tile do you need to complete the project?

You could buy more than you need and lose money selling unused supplies back to Home Depot or Lowes... Read More

Algebra 2

Roulette is a strange casino game. To many it seems perfectly winnable, while many more would lump those in the first group in with the proverbial "suckers" born every day. But who's right? Say you're considering playing the game at a casino, but want to know how many possible combinations of 100 outcomes could occur to help determine your odds. You know 100 is the average number of games played at one roulette wheel in any given hour. But how can you use that information to find out how many... Read More

American History

Spanish philosopher George Santayana authored the much-repeated line: "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." But there are plenty of other reasons to learn about history as well. Perhaps you are a new immigrant who wishes to pass your naturalization test. Or perhaps you are a high-school student hoping to get a jump on college by taking an Advanced Placement class. Whatever your reason, there is no better way to shore up your understanding of American History than by studying... Read More

Vocabulary

Has a boss or teacher ever marveled within earshot at how well-spoken a colleague is? Do you ever find yourself "at a loss for words," or struggling to express exactly what you mean to others? If so, you might want to consider improving your vocabulary by taking a course taught by a former executive editor, Oxford University student and award-nominated, nationally published poet and journalist.

In this course, we will cover on the proven methods that have assisted people in learning... Read More

Grammar

"For whom were you looking?" might sound strange to the American ear. But, actually, even in Standard American English it is the grammatically correct way of phrasing the question we typically construct as, "Who were you looking for?" And just because the fact doesn't matter much when you're speaking to friends, family, even people from your home town (all of whom would probably think you were pretty odd for using that word "whom") doesn't mean such knowledge is unnecessary. In fact, an ignorance... Read More

European History

Spanish philosopher George Santayana authored the much-repeated line: "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." But there are plenty of other reasons to learn about history as well. Perhaps you are a high-school student hoping to get a jump on college by taking an Advanced Placement class. Or perhaps you are already in college and wish to improve your understanding of European History before or while taking a course. Whatever your reason, there is no better way to shore up... Read More

French

«Puis-je tailler mon crayon, s'il vous plaît?» Sounds intriguing, no? Never mind that the translation for this sentence is as plebeian as, "May I please sharpen my pencil"; say it twenty times to your main squeeze and it's sure to cause some sparks.

For centuries people have considered French the most romantic of Romance languages. But it has also long served as a standardized medium for international communication. In fact, French is the namesake for the term describing a language... Read More

Geometry

Suppose you want to install a swimming pool, but you only have 1,000 square feet of available space in your backyard. And, worse, your backyard isn't perfectly square. Heck, it's not even perfectly rectangular or triangular, or circular for that matter, but kind of shaped like a piece of pie cut with a spoon. So what size pool can you fit into your rather wonky backyard? You'll need at least about 400 square feet (20 feet horizontally and 20 feet vertically) for people to move around in. And you... Read More

Latin

The great Roman orator and statesman Cicero once said, "Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit." The translation: "The assiduous practice of one subject often outshines both skill and natural genius."

No doubt, if you seriously wish to learn Latin, you’re already a devoted student who held Cicero’s maxim as fact without ever having heard it. Likely, too, you’re enough of a bookworm to have recognized several words in the above quotation. Doesn’t “assiduus,”... Read More

Reading

Of the traditional "three r's" probably no skill students learn is as crucial as reading. After all, you can learn "'riting" and "'rithmetic" by simply reading a book. But, if you can't read, there's no way you can access it or any other skill without verbal explanations. And that can spell trouble for any individual. As readers, people can expand their skill sets indefinitely, entertain themselves very cheaply and remain engaged and informed citizens. Without reading, they are beholden to others... Read More

Writing

Often underrated as a skill, writing is integral to every profession. From lab reports to poetry, legal briefs to news stories, to even simple emails, you will have to string together a lot of words in your life, no matter who you are. Meanwhile, the ability to write well is rarer than gold, begging the question: What's the point in any human endeavor if we can't successfully communicate our knowledge to others?

In a word, then, this course is all about getting you to write on the level... Read More

Geography

Believe it or not, 37 percent of U.S. citizens can't locate the United States of America on a map. Now, probability says you likely aren't THAT bad at geography. But, even if you are, don't you think it's time you learned where you stand, literally?

This course is designed to help students figure out where they are in the world so that, in a very real sense, they can figure out where they're going. Key exercises include using Internet image resources and descriptions of the culture... Read More

English

Studying English might seem simple. After all, if you're reading this sentence without much difficulty, you're likely one of the Earth's nearly 400 million inhabitants who speak English as their native language. But, unlike many of the world's languages, English is more than a means of communicating with other people. It is humanity's primary lingua franca for both international politics and business.

There are, of course, many historical reasons for the primacy of English. But there... Read More

Government & Politics

Founding Father Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that, whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them right." No doubt, Jefferson was thinking of Plato's "The Last Days of Socrates"--and Socrates's lament that rule by an uneducated populace is no more than mob tyranny--when he wrote this.

The very least you can do to live up to Jefferson's ideal, then, is... Read More

HTML

These days, nearly every job-board posting you come across includes some form of alphabet soup: HTML, XML, CSS, JS, PHP, MySQL, CMS, SEO.... It can seem there's no end to the plethora of esoteric acronyms HR people can dream up. Really, though, each of these hodgepodges indicates a very specific and very useful Web site-creation skill set that, if you want to land a sweet job, you probably ought to have. And who better to help you learn the most basic of these kooky acronyms than someone who has... Read More

SAT Math

Is your target college or university on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts? If so, you might want to take the SAT instead of the ACT. The fact is, while all U.S. college and university admissions committees will consider either ACT or SAT scores, committees at institutions on the coasts generally prefer their applicants take the SAT. And who better to help you ace the SAT Math section than a former Oxford scholar who has scored in the 96th percentile on standardized tests himself?

In this... Read More

Literature

You might think studying literature is a waste of time. And why not? "Literature" is just the thoughts and opinions of a bunch of dead people, right? You can't, for instance, build a bridge or fix an engine with it. So why study it?

But the reason literature classes still feature so prominently in standard curricula around the world is how much more important literary studies is than most other subjects. It not only helps students master reading, it also opens them to a wealth of ideas,... Read More

GRE

OK, so you're a year off from finishing your bachelor degree, and you're probably thinking, "Now what?" Maybe an undergraduate degree in your field isn't enough to land a sweet job anymore. Or maybe you just want to learn more about the thing you love the most. In any case, applying to graduate schools is one option on the table. And with so many other students competing for the same limited spots these days, good grades and some club officerships aren't enough.

In fact, most grad-school... Read More

Proofreading

One of those technical, jargon terms, "proofreading" can sound a lot scarier than it is. In fact, "proofing" is a task that, traditionally, printers, their apprentices and assistants performed. And this means that, until recently, it was a job for tradesmen, not college grads.

Still, many looking to land a publishing or editing job conflate "proofreading" with "copy editing." But, contrary to this assumption, proofing is merely the practice of looking over a document's final, printed... Read More

GED

Life throws everyone a left hook from time to time. Maybe it just happened to do so for you while you were a teenager. And, now that you're back on your feet, you're ready to start hitting back.

If so, your first step should be obtaining a GED. With it, you can finally get that office job you've always wanted, go to college... even attend graduate school. But the first step is making sure you pass your GED exam. And, as for doing that, you can't hope to find a better tutor than a former... Read More

SAT Reading

Is your target college or university on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts? If so, you might want to take the SAT instead of the ACT. The fact is, while all U.S. college and university admissions committees will consider either ACT or SAT scores, committees at institutions on the coasts generally prefer their applicants take the SAT. And who better to help you ace the SAT Reading section than an Oxford-educated, professional writer?

In this course, students will learn to answer questions... Read More

SAT Writing

Is your target college or university on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts? If so, you might want to take the SAT instead of the ACT. The fact is, while all U.S. college and university admissions committees will consider either ACT or SAT scores, committees at institutions on the coasts generally prefer their applicants take the SAT. And who better to help you ace the SAT Reading section than an Oxford-educated, professional writer?

In this course, students will learn to answer questions... Read More

TOEFL

For many students around the world, studying in an English-speaking country is a major goal. After all, albeit U.S. News and World Report might be just a little culturally biased, it is the very same publication American and British business people read when helping their own children select a college or university. And, according to nearly every list the magazine has ever compiled, the U.K. and U.S. host all 10 of the world's best universities--including Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford,... Read More

ACT Reading

Is your target college or university in the Midwest or Rockies? If so, you might want to take the ACT instead of the SAT. The fact is, while all U.S. college and university admissions committees will consider either ACT or SAT scores, committees at institutions from Colorado to Ohio generally prefer their applicants take the ACT. And who better to help you ace the ACT Reading section than an Oxford-educated, professional writer?

In this course, students will learn to answer questions... Read More

ACT English

Is your target college or university in the Midwest or Rockies? If so, you might want to take the ACT instead of the SAT. The fact is, while all U.S. college and university admissions committees will consider either ACT or SAT scores, committees at institutions from Colorado to Ohio generally prefer their applicants take the ACT. And who better to help you ace the ACT English section than an Oxford-educated, professional writer?

In this course, students will learn to answer questions... Read More

ACT Math

Is your target university or college in the Rockies or Midwest? If so, you should consider taking the ACT instead of the SAT. Truth be told, though all U.S. college and university admissions committees will consider either ACT or SAT scores, committees at institutions from Ohio to Colorado generally prefer their applicants take the ACT. And who better to help you ace the ACT Math section than a former Oxford scholar who has scored in the 96th percentile on standardized tests himself?
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