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- New York, NY 10027 ( 8.2 mi )
- Expert American History Tutor
- Male
- Member Since: 12/2011
- Will travel up to 40 miles
- Rates from $40.00 to $80.00 /hr
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- Also Tutors: Social Studies, World History
American History is one of my top subjects! I obtained a PhD in American history, with a triple major: colonial, 19th century, and the modern era. Note that I take history beyond the drums and battles. Some battles were vital (Yorktown, Gettysburg, Midway) but most were raw slaughters that do not tell too much. I am especially interested in teaching a student about the daily life of people; the problems of minorities; the prejudices -- against women; blacks; Catholics; Jews; etc. etc. (And there are a lot of "et ceteras"!)
Having said that, I am also interested in teaching a certain respect for America. We have done terrible things at times but, all in all, it is still a nation to which millions wish to come...
I try to balance the above...
My experiences are perhaps too wide for this enclosure. I have 5 degrees, in American history and world history and French and Spanish, plus experience in writing and publishing.
But my best experience involves my being able to take an overworked, frazzled student under deadline and teaching him or her how to pause, focus, and then get caught up and then get ahead. As Ben Franklin would say, we have to learn how to "make haste slowly." I teach a student to be calm, take a breath, and then go forward on his requirements -- in exactly the order that the situation requires.
I hate to see students stuffed with words and ideas, as if they were thanksgiving turkeys.
I love to help a student understand that much of the truth is inside his own mind. We must teach her, or him, to explore his own instincts, and develop his own style, and philosophy.