Urte L.
Private tutor in San Francisco, CA
Education
University of Cambridge, BA in Linguistics; University of Edinburgh, MSc in Cognitive Science; University of California, Berkeley, PhD in Philosophy (ongoing)
Experience
I have spent seven semesters so far teaching different areas of philosophy to undergraduates at UC Berkeley. I have also worked as a private one-on-one tutor, mostly in propositional and predicate logic, GRE prep, philosophy, and academic writing more generally. Every year since 2012, I have tutored and mentored high school pupils to help them successfully get into university, primarily Oxbridge (i.e. Oxford and Cambridge). I have teaching competencies/a keen interest in all of the following: philosophy, psychology, linguistics, logic, history, cognitive science, psychiatry, film, geography, writing, etc. It is important to underline the fact that I tend to avoid the 'studying to pass the test' mentality and instead encourage my students to develop critical thinking skills and most crucially, curiosity. I strongly believe in the power of the growth mindset and internal drive as a means of achieving one's goals as well as life satisfaction. That being said, developing a genuine passion for learning tends to have a tangible effect on one's scores. For instance, I scored 164/170 in both quantitative and verbal reasoning on the GRE test and 5.5/6 in analytical writing (98th percentile) so I do have experience regarding standardised testing and strategies to share if needed. My target audience is pre-college and early college levels, although I have worked with a variety of age groups. For instance, I spent almost half a year teaching English in Zhongshan, China to middle school kids. I have also taught Lithuanian to first-generation children of emigrant families who were still in primary school so I am open to working with students of various ages.
Subject Expertise
College EssaysGeographyNeurosciencePhilosophyGREGRE Analytical WritingGRE Quantitative ReasoningGRE QuantitativeGRE VerbalGRE Verbal ReasoningWorld CivilizationEssay EditingExpository WritingClinical PsychiatryEuropean HistoryHistoryHistory Of ScienceIB Philosophy HLIB Philosophy SLAnthropologyPersuasive WritingArt HistoryWorld HistorySATSAT Critical ReadingSAT WritingSAT MathematicsSocial SciencesPsychologyWritingReadingLinguisticsStudy SkillsEvolutionEnglishForeign LanguageEvidenceGraduate Test Prep
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
I was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. I am 29 years old and I have travelled to more than 45 countries and have lived/studied in 5 so far. As a rule, British people think I grew up in an upper-middle class family in London but in reality, I taught myself English by listening to the BBC, hence the accent. In general, I am a good example of self-motivated learning. I had an arrangement with the principal of my high school, such that I did not need to show up to class as long as I came to write all the relevant tests on Fridays. Instead, I spent my time watching university lectures online, reading journal articles on all sorts of topics that fascinated me, devouring books and hitchhiking to see the museums, galleries and performances that I was reading about. I also used to perform contemporary dance semi-professionally, train in classical and jazz singing, go to music school for violin and piano, and so on. I also write funky articles for a general audience from time to time, such as https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/mesmerising-science-the-franklin-commission-and-the-modern-clinical-trial
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