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I absolutely love musical-performance. I have been playing the alto saxophone and tenor saxophone for ten years. In middle school and high school, I was in the marching band, jazz band, wind ensemble, and orchestral pit. After a successful audition and recommendation from my musical mentors, I spent the summer before my freshman year of college on a musical tour of Europe. The American Music Abroad program allowed me to play my alto saxophone in England, France, Germany, and Wales, and allo

About Me

I was born and raised on Long Island. After graduating 7th out 450 students from brentwood">Brentwood High School, I began my college education at maryland/columbia">columbia">maryland/columbia">columbia-university">maryland/columbia">columbia">maryland/columbia">Columbia University in September 2008. I expect to graduate from maryland/columbia">columbia">maryland/columbia">Columbia in May 2012, with a B.A. in History and a minor in Women and Gender Studies. After college, I am planning to attend law school, where I will study Family Law—specifically Gender Rights and Child Advocacy Law.

I have two years of professional manhattan">tutoring experience and over ten years of volunteer manhattan">tutoring experience. While working as a professional manhattan">tutor, I have assisted a middle school student and an elementary school student with homework assignments in all academic subjects and exam preparation. Additionally, I have volunteered with the Double Discovery Center (DDC) as a College Mentor for high school seniors and an After School manhattan">Tutor for high school and middle school students. My experiences as an After School manhattan">Tutor have been particularly diverse, including one-on-one manhattan">tutoring sessions, group manhattan">tutoring sessions, and co-teaching a class of 8th grade students who were in danger of not moving on to the 9th grade.

I find that many students believe that as their manhattan">tutor, mentor, instructor etc., I possess some sort of super-human knowledge that they cannot possibly attain. Therefore, I would say that my approach to manhattan">tutoring is to support students in a way which encourages them to first think through the problems they are experiencing. I never just give a student the answer. Instead, I try to pick their brains and ascertain how much a student understands a given topic. If the student becomes frustrated and clearly requires assistance, I will work through the problem with the student and demonstrate the necessary steps that he or she should utilize in the future. I have learned that each student learns differently, and I strive to tailor my assistance to the type of student I am working with.