Catherine P.
Private tutor in New York, NY
Education
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2012-2013 Master of Philosophy (MPhil), European Literature and Culture, Distinction Scripps College, Claremont, California 2008-2012 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy (Honors), French Studies (Honors), Magna Cum Laude GPA 11.547/ 3.85 Thesis: “Une Éthique de la Modestie dans les Essais de Montaigne”
Experience
Teaching Experience: Oxford Tutors NYC, New York, New York, March 2014-present • Tutored English as a second language, SSAT preparation • Taught workshop "What you need to get into a top American college" in partnership with Oxbridge America Programme. Cambridge Advanced Studies Programme, Bucksmore Education, Magdalen College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 2013-August 2013 • Prepared course material and presented tutorials for the course ‘Philosophy and Philosophers’ • Met fortnightly in individual supervision with students aged fifteen to nineteen • Taught SAT preparation to European students seeking entry to American universities The Daroche Family, Claremont California, September 2011-May 2012 • Tutored high school student in advanced French at the IB level once weekly • Improved client’s marks from C to A on American grading scale Awards and Recognition: Recipient, Jebb Fund Studentship, University of Cambridge, 2013. Recipient, Padelford French Award, 2012: Book Award for best major thesis in the Department of French Studies, Scripps College, “Une Éthique de la Modestie dans les Essais de Montaigne”. National Finalist, Thomas. J. Watson Fellowship, “In Search of Persephone”, 2012-2013. Recipient, Mary Wig Johnson Interdisciplinary Research Award, Scripps College, Summer 2011: “Survival Aesthetics: Art and Identity in post-quake Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora.” Recipient, James E. Scripps Scholarship, a merit award, Scripps College, 2008-2012. Languages: English, native speaker, TEFL certified French, fluent German, B2 (CEFR-Common European Framework of References for Language) Attic Greek, basic reading Latin, basic reading Haitian Creole, basic Are you curious about the world and eager for a challenge? Would you like to enrich your learning and improve your communication skills? If so, then please consider contacting me to discuss your goals and educational needs. I'm passionate about helping students develop their potential to think critically and write persuasively. I love school, but I also believe everyone is his or her own best teacher. As a result, my approach to tutoring is Socratic: I will not tell you the answers, but rather help you develop your ability to ask the right questions, reconsider your approach and find solutions. Years of observing great thinkers and educators has shown me that learning is about taking risks and acquiring tools which will apply not just once, but for a lifetime. I work with students of all ages, but have had the most experience with high school and college-aged students. If you'd like to learn French, then we'll engage in immersion tutoring. Whether you're a beginner or writing essays at an intermediate or advanced level, I can help you achieve mastery of phonetics and grammar essentials so that you can speak, read and write comme un/e français/e. I am trained in both analytic and continental philosophy and am happy to assist college students taking introductory and more advanced classes with course material, writing assignments and logic homework. My research areas are ethics, aesthetics, epistemology and ontology. I have strong foundations in Classical thought from both the Western and Indian traditions, early Modern French thought, The Enlightenment and European thought from Hegel to the present. I am also able to assist with literature assignments if you're studying American, British or Comparative Literature at the high school, AP/IB or college-level. Of course, I cannot do your reading for you, but I can help respond to prompts and formulate essays in a thoughtful manner. Please contact me if you need help preparing college admission essays, fellowship applications, and graduate school applications.
Availability
Weekdays after 5PM, Weekends in the morning, Weekends in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge, Up to 45 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
In my free time I enjoy, writing, reading, live theatre, film, dance, gardening, tennis, dance and travel.
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