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Mickey C.
Private tutor in Plano, TX
Education
MA Arts and Humanities, Specialization in Literature, from the University of Texas at Dallas 2012 BS Business Administration, minor in Creative Writing, from the University of Texas at Dallas 2004
Experience
I'm currently a professor at Richland College. I teach Composition 1301 and 1302 as well as English 2311, Business and Technical Communication. I've tutored privately for 6 years and for Richland for the past 4 years. I've developed teaching and tutoring techniques that focus on adapting to the individual way each unique student learns best. I have a patient, nurturing tutoring and teaching style, which works well particularly when a student has low confidence about a subject. I see this in many of my composition students; they feel that they are incapable of learning to write well and want to give up rather than putting in effort. My first tactic is to rebuild confidence and teach students a growth mindset- anyone is capable of improving in any subject if he/she is willing to work hard at it. My other credentials include being a published fiction writer, being the former Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal Reunion:The Dallas Review, and being the former Fiction Editor for the literary journal Sojourn. Prior to obtaining my MA, I worked in the mortgage industry, where I gained practical math experience. Additionally, I took advanced math classes during my undergraduate study to obtain my BS. While I am decidedly a right-brained person, many of the students I've tutored for the SAT have appreciated my ability to teach them math concepts in a more approachable way than a left-brained (or math-minded) tutor/teacher might. My main objective is for all of my students to attain the highest level of success possible. I develop very close working relationships with my students, and feel very strongly that their wins are my wins. To this end, if one method of approaching a subject doesn't work, I will keep looking until I find another that does. You can see reviews from my former students by searching for my name on the web site Ratemyprofessor.com
Subject Expertise
10th Grade, 10th Grade math, 10th Grade Reading, 10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade, 11th Grade math, 11th Grade Reading, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade, 12th Grade Reading, 12th Grade Writing, American Literature, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, British Literature, College Essays, Creative Writing, English, ESL/ELL, Essay Editing, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, Grammar and Mechanics, GRE, GRE Analytical Writing, GRE Subject Test in Literature in English, GRE Verbal, GRE Verbal Reasoning, Introduction to Fiction, Literary Analysis, Literature, Persuasive Writing, PSAT, PSAT Critical Reading, PSAT Mathematics, PSAT Writing Skills, Reading, SAT, SAT Critical Reading, SAT Math, SAT Mathematics, SAT Subject Test in Literature, SAT Verbal, SAT Writing, Short Novel, Study Skills, Study Skills And Organization, Summer Tutoring, Technical Writing, Vocabulary, World Literature, Writing