Tutor in Austin, Texas

I am originally from New York City and I have a BA in Philosophy from Brown University. I relocated to Austin when I became a graduate student in the History Department at UT-Austin. Having been a teaching assistant at the college level, I am fully versed in grading standards and I can help students, from elementary school through college and graduate school, perform at their highest possible level. I also offer tutoring in American history at any level, but the bulk of my experience working in Austin has been as a reading and writing tutor, largely in the context of standardized testing--especially the SAT and the ACT. Learning how to read critically and write clearly tends to improve academic performance across the board; students with strong reading and writing skills can absorb and communicate information effectively, even when they are not entirely familiar with the material. I have learned that mastering these basic skills is as important for college and graduate students as for elementary and high school students. In my experience, most students (especially in high school) struggle with reading comprehension; once they get a handle on the best way to absorb information, they become more effective students in any subject. This is especially true of students with learning disabilities (e.g., ADD/ADHD), whose grades tend to improve as they become more confident in their ability to absorb material. I help students expand their vocabularies, polish their writing skills, and I also provide strategies for both fast and proficient reading comprehension as well as organized and coherent writing ability ; these strategies improve a variety of reading and writing skills. Not only do I help students construct and revise essays and other assignments, but I also give them the tools to do the work more easily in the future. I place great emphasis on reading for pleasure, and I encourage students to probe school-assigned texts and cultivate the analytical skills that will serve them well at all levels of education. For more information about my experience and my references, please check out my website at www.....com