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Simon C.
Private tutor in Vancouver, Canada
Education
This year, I worked in Toronto at York University as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for a year-long, introductory Human Geography course. I facilitated weekly tutorial discussions, marked assignments, exams, and attempted to help students succeed in the course. Some quick thoughts on my philosophy of education: There is a decent chance that you are looking at this page because you are struggling with your school's requirements for courses with lots of reading, writing, and vocabulary. However, if you ask me, you probably already know intuitively many of the concepts and themes in the social sciences and humanities. I can help you develop your own language to express that knowledge. The best ideas in your field would - and will- be completely worthless if they can't be said so that people will listen. My mission as a tutor is not to lecture, do work for you, or help memorize. I want to give you something much more valuable in professional life: Develop the tools you need to speak for yourself. Thanks for stopping and by, and best of luck with your journey through school. ---QUALIFICATIONS-- I am working towards an interdisciplinary graduate degree. My research interests include land disputes, history, sociology, the role of the US in the world, macro and microeconomics, International Political Economy, International development economics, security studies, transitional justice, colonialism, issues of gender, race, sexuality, and social justice. I have a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia. In high school I successfully completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.
Experience
I have also been a facilitator and conference organizer for national Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in various capacities, with a focus on peer-coaching, developing leadership skills, and education on social and global issues. I have written for newspapers, political and activist campaigns, volunteer community organizations, and for academic journals. Both professionally and on a volunteer basis, I have produced policy reports for think-tanks and political advocacy material for issues related to land disputes, resource management, human rights, forced displacement, and North America's resource extraction industry. I speak, read, and write fluent French, Portuguese, Spanish. I have interpreted in these languages for international conferences, and I have translated peer-reviewed academic articles in the social sciences from Spanish to English. I have performed well in third and fourth-year Human Geography courses in UBC's Department of Geography. UBC's Geography department is consistently ranked by media outlets as being within the Top 10 Geography Department's in the world. I have also helped to create popular community education spaces dealing
Subject Expertise
African History, African-American History, American History, Anthropology, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP European History, AP French, AP French Language and Culture, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP United States History, AP US Government, AP US History, AP World History, Civics, CLEP English Literature, CLEP Human Growth and Development, CLEP Humanities, CLEP Introductory Sociology, CLEP Social Sciences and History, CLEP Spanish, CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648, CLEP Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present, College Essays, Creative Writing, Ecology, Economics, English, ESL/ELL, Essay Editing, Ethics, Expository Writing, First Nations Studies, French, French 1, French 1, French 2, French 3, French 4, GED, Geography, GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment, Government, Graduate Test Prep, GRE, GRE Analytical Writing, GRE Subject Tests, GRE Verbal, GRE Verbal Reasoning, History, History Of Science, Human Development, Human Geography, IB Environmental Systems and Societies SL, IB Extended Essay, IB Geography HL, IB Geography SL, IB Global Politics HL, IB Global Politics SL, IB History HL, IB History SL, IB Language A: Literature HL, IB Language A: Literature SL, IB Language B HL, IB Philosophy HL, IB Philosophy SL, IB Social and Cultural Anthropology HL, IB Social and Cultural Anthropology SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, Indigenous Studies, Journalism, Languages, Latin America History, Law, Literary Analysis, LSAT, LSAT Analytical Reasoning, LSAT Essay Section, LSAT Logical Reasoning, LSAT Reading Comprehension, Macroeconomics, Marketing, MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills, Microeconomics, PCAT Reading Comprehension, PCAT Verbal Ability, Persuasive Writing, Philosophy, Political Science, PSAT Critical Reading, PSAT Writing Skills, Public Speaking, Reading, SAT Critical Reading, SAT Subject Test in French with Listening, SAT Subject Test in Spanish, SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening, SAT Subject Test in United States History, SAT Subject Test in World History, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, Spanish 4, Study Skills And Organization, The Modern World, TOEFL, US History, Vocabulary, World Civilization, World History, World Literature, Writing