Good day. I'm a veteran at my profession, having just retired after teaching college-bound juniors and seniors for 45 years in Montgomery County schools. The majority of my classes have been AP Language and AP Literature, but recently I've been an instructor in the International Baccalaureate program as well. (read more)
...Former students have gone on to UK schools, European schools, and US schools, such as Harvard, Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, Georgetown, NYU, and UCLA, and UCSD. I worked to deconstruct Common Core standards in California. I have acted as co-chair of Literacy Review committee where we revised English curriculum using AERO/Common Core. (read more)
...Shorter is better. (Don't waste your reader's time.) Always provide more detail than you think is necessary. Never assume the reader knows anything. Keep it simple. (read more)
...I am a very calm and laid back individual that sees tutoring as another problem to be solved. What I love most about teaching others is that you get to relive the experience of learning something new. I would like to focus most on where the student is struggling and then adapt my teaching method to their needs. (read more)
...In my free time, I also writing poems, stories, essays, and other content. I've worked as a writer and editor for 10+ years. In college, I concentrated my major in literature. (read more)