Experience Summary
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been interested in the written word. While pursuing further understanding of a wide range of literature, I earned a BA degree in English literature while maintaining a focus in Philosophy, a core element to critical thinking. Throughout my student life, I combined the grammatical and structural skills necessary to form clear, concise arguments for research papers with the craft of fiction writing to mutually bolster each other in kind. In the eight years since, I’ve worked as a fiction writer, a report writer, and recently as a columnist. I’ve organized and lead writer’s workshops, co-founded a write-your-own-material theater group, and I am well read.
Teaching Style
Everybody comes to the table with different strengths and, yes, different weaknesses. With a personable, conscientious approach that respects both, students can surprise themselves with what they can achieve. By starting with what you know and expanding outward, instead of starting with what you don’t and working backward, the groundwork for lasting understanding can be laid. Guidance toward discovery, not spoon fed rote repetition, ends in learning. There is no single easy way to teach everyone, yet everyone can be taught to harness their own potential.