Nicholas

Certified Tutor

Helping students has been a passion of mine since high school. This is. because I had a couple of very passionate and enthusiastic teachers who taught me so much about life and the world and really helped to prepare me for the years after graduation. I have been an instructor and coach for many years from high school through university. I have a double bachelors degree in three different majors which are Anthropology, political science, and classics, as well as a Master's degree in Linguistics. During my studies I learned to speak Spanish and some Arabic and all of these subjects are areas I tutor in along with English and Essay writing. Also, I am applying to law school this fall to pursue a career in international human rights and immigration law and plan to teach university students in the legal field after a number of years of working in each of those areas of law. I am a firm believer in education being a means to not only make a person wiser or more intelligent but also more morally just, kind, caring and flexible in response to changes that a person may encounter in the future. My philosophy on teaching and learning is that a student can learn anything they want to so long as they put in the effort, but a knowledgable, empathetic, observant, dedicated and patient tutor will make the effort of that student much more efficient and that is what you will get with me as your tutor. Outside of Academics I am a passionate lover of nature and volunteer at the Bill Jarvis Bird sanctuary here in Lakeview Chicago as well as for the Kankakee Cultivators in Kankakee where most of my family lives. I also love hiking, camping, and biking and kayaking through nature with friends and love to swim and read books on all sorts of topics. Currently my favorite book is "A People's Future of the United States" which is a collection of short stories. If you are interested in learning and enjoy crushing your goals please feel free to reach-out to me.