MyGuru H.

• Houston, TX 77004 ( 39.5 mi )
• Latin Tutor

• Female
• Member since: 04/2013
• Will travel up to 50 miles
• Rates from $35 to $65 /hr
• I am a Certified Teacher
• On-line In-Home
• Also Tutors: Spanish, Hebrew, English ESOL, Chinese

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MyGuru LLC - A 1-1 tutoring and testprep company!

MyGuru LLC (www.myguruedge.com) is a 1-1 tutoring and test prep company founded and operated by Northwestern University graduates. Our typical tutor is a PhD student at a prestigious university such as Northwestern University in Evanston, IL or Harvard University in Boston, MA and has been tutoring or teaching for > 3 years. Many of our tutors are also certified teachers or former instructors at the large, well known test prep companies, and many hold MBAs, JDs, PhDs, CPAs, and CFA degrees. We recruit only the most experienced, accomplished, and generally impressive tutors. We are building a small, premier tutoring company. One of the founders personally interviews each new tutor, and we are very selective in who we recruit, accepting ~10% of tutor applicants. We help middle school, high school, and college students gain an edge with simple, effective, affordable solutions. We offer 1-1 ... read more

Vernon W.

• Houston, TX 77035 ( 32.3 mi )
• Experienced Latin Tutor

• Male Age 72
• Member Since: 08/2012
• Will travel up to 15 miles
• Rates from $20.00 to $40.00 /hr
• In-Home In-Group

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My comments on tutoring Latin : had Latin I and II in high school, all A's, still remember some of Caesar's "De Bello Gallico" in Latin (and English); won 2 first places in each of 2 Texas state Latin contests in high school, won 2 first places in National Latin contest in high school

My teaching style is based loosely on that of my major college math professer (and head of the department), which was originated at the University of Texas by his thesis advisor and another colleague. It is basically the Socratic method as applied to teaching mathematics, to try to draw the student out and get him or her to think on their own. I am for understanding, not regurgitating a bunch of facts, which anyone can mindlessly do. The object is to be able to think and analyze on your own.
I have over 30 years of experience in the oil industry, initially in quality control, but quickly promoted to programmer after writing some programs on my own time to help with the quality control. I have programmed professionally since 1979, using many different languages and operating systems, on many different kinds of hardward (mainframes, work stations, PC's, Macs). I have written a l ... read more