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  ThomasAquinasCollege

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  Springfield, VA

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  5 miles

• Tutoring Certifications:

  Bible studies - football - Italian - Latin - philosophy - religion - SAT reading - SAT writing - Spanish

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  $36.00 * with a 10% discount after purchasing $360

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I am a Latin teacher who is also doing graduate work in Theology. I was born in Mexico, and have spent much time there, but I grew up in the United States and English is my first language. I speak Spanish and I also lived in Italy for four years and so I know Italian as well. I have studied, taught, and translated Latin for 15 years, and have taken classes in German, Greek and Hebrew.
My undergraduate work included primarily philosophy and theology, but I also took classes in Literature, Math, Science, Music, Language and Astronomy. Study of the Bible was central to my life as a student and teacher of theology and I am presently completing a graduate degree in Theology. I have taught Theology, Ethics, Religion, Latin, Spanish and English Honors at the high school and college levels.
My teaching style is to engage and enthuse the student as much as possible so that they make the subject matter their own; there is no better thing, in my opinion. I studied, have taught, and try to teach using the Socratic method, utilizing discussion to enable students to claim the material for themselves and not leave it something to merely memorize. The application of this to tutoring is this: to engage the student as much as possible and aid them in a process of discovering the central truths dealt with in different subjects. With languages, this includes attempts at speaking the language, clear pronunciation and applications to other languages and linguistic principles present in all languages.
I am a teacher who has often been complimented as having a lot of energy and enthusiasm and I love to help others learn. If I don't think that I can help you, I won't take the job; if I can, then I will help you to do well and even enjoy the subject for which you employ my help. As for recent qualifications, I took the GRE in June of 2008 and scored 710 (99th percentile) in the Verbal section, 6/6 (equivalent to 800) on the analytical essay portion, and a 750/800 on the Math section.

• Bible studies

  My experience in the study of the Bible is extensive. I attended a Liberal Arts Catholic School known for the rigor of its program and fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. In that program, I studied the entire Bible and numerous Patristic and Medieval Theologians, along with selections from Modern Theologians. After graduation, I lived and studied as a monk for 10 years. In that time, I studied and pondered the Bible daily. I grew up in a predominantly Lutheran town and studied many different Protestant and Evangelical thinkers, engaging as well in discussion about various approaches, within Christianity, to the Bible. During my years in the monastery, I completed a degree in Theology and am presently completing a License degree, which is an ecclesiastical degree above the Masters but below the Doctorate. These classes covered all the major sections of the Bible and numerous commentaries on the same. Finally, I have studied the Bible in Greek and Latin and have some familiarity with Hebrew. I was also involved in the translation, (from Latin into English) of a medieval commentary on the Book of Hebrews. One of my present graduate courses is on the Epistle to the Romans.

• football

  My only qualifications here are that I was high school quarterback, was rated one of the top 50 college prospects in the state of Washington in 1993, and can still throw the ball well and love the sport. I didn't play on a team after high school, but I have helped here and there with camps and coaching. I was also an all-league outside linebacker and defensive back. We ran the run and shoot and I have a good knowledge of coverages, how to throw against them, and on how to coach quarterbacks and help receivers with routes and technique.

• religion

  My experience in the study of religions is extensive. I attended a Liberal Arts Catholic School known for the rigor of its program and fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. In that program, I studied the entire Bible and numerous Patristic and Medieval Theologians, along with selections from Modern Theologians. After graduation, I lived and studied as a monk for 10 years. In that time, I studied and pondered the Bible daily. I grew up in a predominantly Lutheran town and studied many different Protestant and Evangelical thinkers, engaging as well in discussion about the similarities and differences between their views and those of the Catholic Church. During my years in the monastery, I completed a degree in Theology and am presently completing a License degree, which is an ecclesiastical degree above the Masters but below the Doctorate. I have also taken two courses on Islam, one at the graduate and one at the undergraduate level. As concerns the Eastern religions, I have engaged in some private study. Finally, I have studied the Bible in Greek and Latin and have some familiarity with Hebrew. I taught courses in Religion 9 and Religion 12 at Catholic High Schools and one course at the graduate level on the major work of St. Thomas Aquinas.