Benjamin
Personal, Diligent and Professional English, Study Skills Tutor
- $40 / h
- 2 rating s
- Jewett City , CT ( 06351 )
- 30 miles
Hello, My name is Ben, and I recently graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT in May 2012. My degree is in English with a Literary Theory and Form Concentration. My experience, however, is far from conventional. I have a wife, Jenny, and three children, Leah, Adriana, and Jacoby our newborn. I was a Marine in Iraq, and have been all over the country and the world. I am also ADD and I didn't know it until I was 26, so I know what it is like to try and get through sitting in clas...
ACT English
ADD/ADHD
I was diagnosed as ADD at the age of 25, and have not used medication in years for it. I had to learn and interact in a variety of ways as a result of no one knowing what my symptoms meant. I know how hard it is to deal with ADD. On one hand you want to pay attention, but you also want people to accept you for who you are. It is a tough, confusing road, but I can help drive on it.
American history
English
general computer
grammar
literature
Macintosh
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
proofreading
reading
spelling
study skills
theatre
In high school I was in several shows both dramatic and musical and have continued to perform casually. I also wrote and performed a one person show, have written an adaptation of "The Merchant of Venice," and have acted in a one act film which was nominated for several film festival awards.