I am a certified ESL teacher and currently, I hold a Master's degree in Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages, and I am currently in my first year of the doctoral program in Learning & Instruction.
I have been teaching English for more than 7 years.
Also, I am a native speaker of Farsi and I have been teaching Farsi for more than 10 years.
Helping students achieve their potential, adapting to students’ individual needs, building lasting relationships based on shared...
I am a certified ESL teacher and currently, I hold a Master's degree in Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages, and I am currently in my first year of the doctoral program in Learning & Instruction.
I have been teaching English for more than 7 years.
Also, I am a native speaker of Farsi and I have been teaching Farsi for more than 10 years.
Helping students achieve their potential, adapting to students’ individual needs, building lasting relationships based on shared goals—these are all good reasons that I love tutoring. Tutoring blends several compelling endeavors into something bigger and more rewarding. Tutoring merges education and what is usually called “enrichment.” For some reason, enrichment activities are increasingly seen as trivial or excessive.
A tutor is also a curious amalgam of a teacher, parent, friend, student, and guru. We teach, obviously, but some students don’t need another teacher as much as they need another authority figure whom they are not so hard-wired to defy as they are a parent. Other students are more motivated by a tutor who can empathize and make them laugh, a buddy who happens to be helping them with their school work. Good tutors (like good teachers) have to be students, too, constantly staying ahead, keeping current, and expanding their grasp of the concepts. And then there’s the sense of being a leader or guru that comes from influencing a young person in some tangible, positive way, helping them make essential connections, or developing their character. Each of us is an expert in our subject, yes, but we may also know something about growing up, making choices, and shaping a life.
In short, I see tutoring not just as a way to fill in the holes that are left at the end of the school day, but as infinitely fulfilling, important work that bridges worlds and builds a stronger future for students, one at a time.
To make the story short, I love to teach, period.
Any lesson may be canceled or postponed, so long as I am given 24 hours advance notice. However
