Tarek A.
- Cambridge, MA 02138 ( 24.4 mi )
- Political Science Tutor
- Male Age 38
- Member Since: 09/2015
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $30.00 to $50.00 /hr
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- Also Tutors: World History
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I love using humor (often with a hint of sarcasm) in a classroom setting and I find it keeps everyone engaged. Though I certainly don't take myself seriously, I do take my work very seriously. Pedagogically, I like to combine more avant-garde approaches to education centered on self-education, where a student accomplishes as much as possible without actually needing a teacher, with a decidedly old-fashioned method of instruction when it comes to grammatical or general structural elements of language study.
My name is Tarek, I'm from Lebanon and I've been pursuing my doctoral degree in History & Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard since 2011 (with a projected graduation date of 2017/18). At Harvard, I've also been assisting professors in the teaching of Arabic since 2013, and have received certificates of distinction in teaching on four separate occasions. When I was at my MA program ... read more