I am a former 'Capuchin Monk' and 'Catholic Navy Chaplain' who will take an interest in teaching you either 'INDIVIDUALLY' or in a 'SMALL GROUP':My 'Tutoring Fee' is negotiable when based on 'Subject', 'Location' or 'Small Group'!'Yer Ole Sea Daddy' here will teach you to 'Learn How to Learn' all of the following and more!BIOLOGY: I can help you attain a solid foundation in High School Biology and prepare you for the AP-Biology Exam if that is your goal.LATIN: 'Learn How to Learn Latin' at any level: K-12, College, National Latin Exam, SAT-Latin, AP Latin-Vergil, Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Homer, Horace, Ovid, Pliny, Vergil as well as Ecclesiastical Latin: Administrative, Liturgical, Scholastic or Chronological!ENGLISH: I can help you with any level of English from Elementary thru College according to your needs and goals whether Vocabulary, Grammar, Syntax, Usage, Comprehension, Reading, Writing or preparation for specific tests such as the GED, ACT, SAT, GRE, TOEFL, etc. ESL/ESOL: Our 'Cultural Diversity' augments the need to learn 'English as a Second Language' in all of your personal, social, academic, business and career relationships! I will help you according to your individual needs and goals. READING: Discerning the Author's 'Main Idea', Subtle Nuances', 'Complexities', 'Abstractions', Implications' as well as being able to clearly follow a maze of 'Concrete and Specific Ordered Directions and Procedures' requires the Grammar, Syntax, Vocabulary, Constructions, Rhetorical Devices and Figures of Speech which I can teach you or help you review. WRITING: 'Written Communication' separates the 'Men from the Boys' and, 'mutatis mutandis', the 'Women from the Girls' when it comes to career promotion! I can and will help you develop your 'Written Communication'!GRAMMAR: 'Grammar' is as easy as 'counting to eight' and 'Grammatical Usage', while more difficult, can be easily grasped with proper help! 'Yer Ole Sea Daddy' here can help you with that! VOCABULARY: The single most skill to enhance both your 'Written' and 'Oral' communication essential to academic or career success! STUDY SKILLS: 'Knowing How to Learn' is critical to any possibility of benefiting from your educational efforts whether in the classroom or in additional tutoring!ELEMENTARY (K-6th): In addition to teaching 'Latin' to six and eight year old children and helping 'Navy Recruits' in Boot Camp achieve a fourth grade reading level, I have 'Three Master Degrees' and have not only effectively tutored 'Elementary School Children' with 'Learning Problems', but also have helped those children with 'Problems in Learning' including children with Asperger Syndrome who have either actually failed a grade or were in danger of doing so! I know how to enthuse, entice, stimulate, challenge and draw out your child's curiosity and motivate them to participate in the educational process in a way that is enjoyable!ACT: I can & will help you prepare for this College Entrance Exam, a curriculumm based achievement test, which is 'required' by more Four Year Colleges than any other test and measures your actual High School Achievement in the areas of ‘English’, ‘Math’, ‘Reading’ and ‘Science’ with ‘Writing’ as an optional test. GED: I can help you enhance your education and career by guiding your preparation for the 'Reading' and 'Writing' sections of the GED Language Arts Test as well as the 'Social Studies', 'Science' and 'Mathematics' Tests.GRE: Your 'Graduate Record Exam' scores are weighted factors for Admission into 'Graduate School' consisting of measurements of your undergraduate achievement of verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills as well as any one or more of eight specific fields of study. I will help you prepare! SAT-READING: This SAT tests your ability to 'Read Critically' and to 'Comprehend' both what the Author 'states' as well 'implies'! I can teach you the fundamentals of how you can 'correctly practice' for this test! SAT-WRITING: This SAT tests your ability to identify 'Sentence Errors' as well as to improve both 'Sentences' and 'Paragraphs'! I can help you prepare by reviewing 'Grammar Basics', 'Correct Word Choice', 'Grammar Usage & Style' and the 'Essay Guildlines' as well as 'Brainstorm' with you ideas for your 'Essay Answers'! TOEFL: I will prepare you to take the Internationally recognized test of 'Engish Proficiency' for 'Non-Native English Speakers' which measures your ability to understand North American English, recognize language appropriate for standard written English as well as non-technical reading material and your ability to express yourself in standard written English! BIBLE STUDIES: I am a former 'Capuchin Monk' and 'Catholic Navy Chaplain' who can help you discover, appreciate and benefit from the 'Wisdom in the Bible' as it pertains to the kinds of choices you make each day as you struggle with prioritizing 'ethics over technology', 'spirit over matter' and 'persons over things'!RELIGION: As a former 'Capuchin Monk' and 'Catholic Navy Chaplain' with a Masters Degrees in Psychology and a Masters Certificate in 'Pastoral & Marriage Counseling' as well as Post-Graduate work at the University of Detroit, I have 38 years of 'Pastoral Clinical Experience' in 'Spiritual Direction' with persons of any or no particular religious persuasion. I am particularly effective in helping you to more easily discern the 'Bigger Picture' from within which you daily make choices with lifelong consequences impacting yourself and everyone within your ever expanding spheres of influence! 'If we have a flaw, our ocean will find it! It is better we should discern and fix our flaws before the ocean does, eh? Because I am 'comfortable enough with myself with you' in such a way that you will be able to be 'comfortable enough with yourself with me', I can help you to better integrate your daily choices into a lifestyle that will enhance your development into the 'Best You Can Be'!Let me know your needs! In the meantime, let's continue to make this another 'Good Day'! Let's not wait for it to happen! Let's not leave it up to anybody else, eh? Carpe Diem!Barry Herbert Parmeter, M. A.Still Full of Sap! Still Green!