Joshua P.
- Magnolia, TX 77355 ( 39.7 mi )
- Expert Literature Tutor
- Male Age 45
- Member since: 04/2015
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $35 to $40 /hr
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On-line
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- Also Tutors: English, Language Arts, Writing, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Poetry, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
Literature is one of my top subjects! Understands scope of themes, plot, structure, and styles featured by a wide variety of literature, from Chaucer to Stephen King.
I allow students to discover answers by themselves by prompting them with questions. This hands off technique reflects the minimalist philosophy of the writing center I worked for, and I have found it is a far more effective way to help students grasp concepts which will globally make their writing better. Understanding the fundamentals of good writing is the most important tool to becoming a good writer; where merely diagnosing an issue and giving an answer for it leads to much more lazy writing in the future. That's what makes fundamental understanding so important, because it carries over into future assignments.
As a student, I earned a 3.87 in my major of English Arts, while both working as an employee for the school writing center and as a contributor for the school newspaper. I also did a lot of moonlighting outside of the writing center as a personal tutor for undergrads, h ... read more
