Susanna D.
Private tutor in Turtle Creek, PA
Education
University of Pittsburgh, 2012-2016 Rising senior anthropology major, Asian studies certificate and Chinese minor. GPA: 3.8.
Experience
Previous tutoring experience with middle school students in math, reading and writing. Previously tutored a graduate student in German in preparation for his trip to Germany. Tutored English in Beijing China to a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University. I have taken over the requirement of anthropology courses for my major and feel very confident in my knowledge to tutor in that area. I have an advanced grasp of both Chinese and German, the latter of which I conducted a job in. I received the Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarship for $10,000/year to study Chinese. I lived abroad in Germany for one year (2011-2012) working as an au pair in Germany so I have experience working with lots of different people. Later in college I had the chance to study abroad twice, once in India and once in China. I have studied Spanish, German, Hindi and Chinese. As for me personally, I like to make people feel at ease, and my philosophy is always to make the learning process feel worthwhile and to couch it in affirmation and encouragement. Because I think there is so much good out there to know and understand, and that knowledge makes our lives more comprehensible, I think the worst thing you can do is discourage someone from learning. This is where my interest in teaching and tutoring comes from. I want knowledge and information to be accessible across the board and I am preparing to enter into the field of education to help realize this.
Subject Expertise
4th Grade ReadingVocabularySummer TutoringSocial StudiesMandarin ChineseLanguagesGermanForeign LanguageEssay EditingEnglishChineseAnthropologyCLEP German4th Grade WritingAP Chinese3rd Grade Writing3rd Grade Reading2nd Grade Writing2nd Grade Reading1st Grade Writing1st Grade Reading1st Grade12th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading
Availability
Any day at any time, Any day in the morning, Any day in the evening
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
In terms of hobbies, I love to read, take walks and cook. I am easy going and enjoy discussing all kinds of different topics. I am also very interested in media, particularly visual media such as films and television shows. I have written several essays, and conducted an independent study with the Urban Studies department at my university trying to understand better the way that film and social issues intersect.
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