3,025 Valley Glen Language Arts Tutors

...I completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program at Rising Lotus Yoga in Sherman Oaks, CA in the fall of 2010. The instruction included philosophy, anatomy, and teaching practice. I have also been a dedicated practitioner of yoga for 10 years. I studied at Jivamukti and Park Slope Yoga in NYC, I studied the Ashtanga Primary Series in Seattle... read more

...In the wide field of test prep, my areas of specialty include SAT I, SAT Subject Tests (literature and U.S. history), AP tests (literature, language, U.S. history, European history, and government), ACT, GRE, and TOEFL. I have helped approximately one thousand five hundred students improve their scores on all of these tests. Despite my liberal arts... read more

...Later, I was in charge of literary development for a producer at 20th Century-Fox, where I worked with the writers of plays like "The Producers" and scripts like "Spiderman." Meanwhile, I was developing my own skills as a writer, eventually launching a film of my own, "Beyond Rangoon," starring Patricia Arquette and Oscar-winner Frances McDormand,... read more

...Although I'm not fond of admitting to it, I was the kid in the class that would point out the teacher's mistakes. I continued to tutor and also began editing college papers and, later, screenplays and novels, which I still do today. Interestingly, I find that grammar mistakes are the most common sort of errors found in all types of literary works... read more

...My undergraduate curriculum was extremely heavy in advanced mathematics, English, applied sciences and of course my fields of study (Econ / Mandarin). I am new to Wyzant, but have been tutoring students for over 15 years in a range of subjects and have worked with graduates of West Point, Harvard, London School of Economics, Cornell, UPENN and numerous... read more