Edgar
Certified Tutor
Currently enrolled in Los Angeles Community College, I am able to always be practicing my study skills whether it is by myself or with a Varsity Tutor client. I am working towards transferring and eventually receiving my Bachelors in Spanish and Environmental Science.
I have been tutoring elementary and middle school students in various homework subject for five years now. Being only twenty myself, I find relating to the students very easily which in my opinion, is the greatest way to helping a student understand a lesson or an assignment. Besides tutoring, I have been lucky enough to design and teach my own curriculum for a summer high school course called "Spanish for Travelers."
Outside of academia, I enjoy reading, watching, playing and analyzing basketball. It is a sport, along with soccer, that has represented tranquility and family passion since I was a child. In addition, playing cultural music on my tenor saxophone has been a big part of my identity since fourth grade.
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Undergraduate Degree: Hobart William Smith Colleges - Current Undergrad, Spanish
Playing the tenor saxophone, watching and playing basketball, and soccer.
- 10th Grade Reading
- 10th Grade Writing
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- 6th Grade
- 7th Grade
- 8th Grade
- Adult Literacy
- AP Spanish Language & Culture
- Elementary Algebra
- Elementary Math
- Elementary School
- Elementary School Math
- English
- High School English
- High School Writing
- Homework Support
- Intermediate Algebra
- Math
- Middle School
- Middle School Math
- Middle School Reading
- Middle School Reading Comprehension
- Other
- Pre-Algebra
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Summer
- US History
What is your teaching philosophy?
Patience and talking to students as a student myself. I have had much success getting through to students when I talk to them about how a particular hard assignment is just a roadblock for the ultimate goal - a college degree.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
In my first session with the student, I would like to find out what things he/she finds interesting in and out of school. I let them ask me any questions, and I assure them that they can ask any question they have at anytime.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
By helping the student identify keywords, regardless of the subject, I can help them become an independent learner. It's all about discipline and seeing the bigger picture that helps students become motivated.