Hi! My name is Michael and I just graduated from the University of Southern California (Go Trojans!) after double majoring in Psychology and East Asian Languages and Cultures, with an emphasis in Chinese (I know...it's a mouthful). I've spent the last four years working part time at a local private high school as the assistant coach for both Basketball and Volleyball, so I have a lot of experience working with kids in a teaching environment. In the last two years, I've spent 8 months living in Beijing, studying, working, and traveling. While there, I helped many of my friends study English. I also speak Spanish and some Hebrew. As for why I want to be a tutor, I have two main reasons. First, the practical: I'm a young entrepreneur and need to support myself in a manner that still allows me to develop my own business. Second, the personal reason: I love to learn, but my greatest regret about college is that I didn't have a professor who truly inspired me as a student. As a result, I want to help kids learn in a more enjoyable manner. I believe that learning should be fun and will do my best to make the subject matter come alive. I have found that the best way to learn new material is to make it easier to understand and more exciting for the student.
As for my qualifications, I graduated high school with a weighted GPA of 4.24 and from college with a cumulative GPA of 3.72. I scored a 1490 on the SAT's prior to the change in format. Additionally, I took six AP courses in high school: English Language, English Literature, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Spanish, and Psychology, and scored a 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, and a 5 respectively. Please contact me if I sound like someone who can fulfill your needs. Thanks!