Tutoring with Sarah

Introduction: Hi there! :) I hope we get to work together. I look forward to helping you achieve academic greatness. First and most importantly, I will always treat you with complete kindness, respect, and patience. If I have to explain something 100 times in 100 different ways before you fully understand it, I am happy to do so - there are no dumb students, only bad teachers, and between the two of us, I'd say there's neither! ;) I graduate in August 2018 from the University of North Texas (UNT), with a major in Professional & Technical Communication and a minor in English creative writing. I graduate cum laude and was a recurring Dean's List member at my time at school. In April of 2018, a fiction short story and a nonfiction essay of mine were published in the North Texas Review. I've always had a love for reading, writing, and grammar, and it's my goal to make that love contagious for you with your reading/writing assignments. I tutored and was a writing consultant to university-level students for the past three-and-a-half years. Additionally, I've worked with second-graders during a high-school student-teaching program. I love connecting with my students and watching their eyes light up when they grasp something they'd been struggling with. I look forward to having those kinds of moments with you. Above all else, I love working with people. Yes, I have the expertise and experience in tutoring that is needed for the job, but most importantly, I love connecting with others, from children to teenagers to adults. For three-and-a-half-years, I worked as a writing consultant/tutor to my fellow students at the UNT Writing Center. During my time as a tutor (and then senior tutor, after my promotion) there, I did not just look over students' papers for grammatical/formatting errors: I taught them the various concepts they needed to take with them the next time they write a paper. I helped each student strengthen the content of their paper*, perfect their grammar, provide the correct citations, and actualize their best ideas from their mind to their paper. I've worked with undergrads, grads (dissertations, for example), native English speakers, and non-native English speakers - each student requires a unique, compassionate experience that I love to provide. Tutoring should not be one-size-fits-all; I know how individualized each student's teaching should be. * "Paper" can refer from anything to an English-literature essay, persuasive/argumentative writing, dissertations, biology lab reports, creative writing (fiction, poetry, nonfiction), resumes, personal essays for scholarships or grad school applications, and so on. I look forward to working with you and helping you become the best student you can be. Thank you in advance for helping to make me a better tutor. If you have any resources you'd like me to use or suggestions for how I can better your experience, definitely let me know, and I'm happy to accommodate within reason. :) Now, let's have some fun through learning!