About Me
I love coaching students.
You'd think test-prep would be the dullest career imaginable -- indeed, we who teach it are often relegated to the lowest rung on the educational ladder: the scum-sucking bottom feeders of the teaching pond. And, frankly, sometimes this characterization is sp...
I love coaching students.
You'd think test-prep would be the dullest career imaginable -- indeed, we who teach it are often relegated to the lowest rung on the educational ladder: the scum-sucking bottom feeders of the teaching pond. And, frankly, sometimes this characterization is spot-on! Test-prep is usually dull, routine, and soulless; the antithesis to everything good education strives to be.
(I do things a little differently.)
After graduating from Arizona State, I discovered that I had a gift for teaching. Working at a tutoring center in Scottsdale, Arizona, I found myself being specially requested by students from preschool to college. I often excelled with the angry, disaffected teens that other tutors shied away from. The center's director asked me to be the exclusive tutor of his 7th grade son. My joy was treating students as mature adults, engaging them at the highest possible intellectual level.
After working there, I took on a number of wonderful odd-jobs: teaching existentialism to middle schoolers, entrancing bored high schoolers with Native American religious cosmology, and confronting kindergarteners with the radical, and sometimes bizarre, morality of the Jewish and Christian traditions.
My ultimate goal is to become a classroom teacher -- to be a phenomenal humanities instructor at a private school or homeschooling co-op. I want to teach history, philosophy, earth science, sociology, world religions, art, literature, and math, though not necessarily in that order!
While I prepare to do that, though, I coach students.
It's a delight.
Seattle SAT Coaching is an expert in these subjects:
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SAT Prep
I only missed 10 points on my own SAT, and have spent the last three years mastering how to crack it.
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SAT Coaching
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Geek SAT
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Tutoring
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Read Faster, Read Slower, Read Better
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Reading for Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors classes
1 session available for $100.00
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GRE Prep
I scored in the 99th% of both Verbal and Quant., and have cobbled together the best ways to prepare for the test.
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GRE and Beer 1600
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GRE Prep
1 session available for $45.00
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Religion & Spirituality
I graduated with a summa cum laude BA in Religious Studies with specialties in Christianity, Judaism, and Native American traditions, and wrote a 140-page honors thesis in Historical Jesus Studies.
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World Religions
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Bible for the Free-Thinking
1 session available for $40.00
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Math
I understand why students hate math, and know how to make it fascinating.
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Mathematical Thinking
1 session available for $40.00
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History
I eat, sleep, and breathe history -- political, social, intellectual, religious, and educational. I earned a summa cum laude BA in it, and am applying to Masters programs for the fall.
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American History
1 session available for $40.00
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Humanities
I teach high-level reading -- the heart of the humanities -- as an intellectual discipline, and make it simple.
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My Reviews write a review
"Engaging and Enthusiastic Tutor"
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- A grateful parent!
Review of Seattle SAT Coaching, February 26, 2009
Ever wonder who can get a perfect score on the SAT? Well, this tutor can, and he shares his knowledge enthusiastically with students. Brandon is self-effacing and very approachable, putting kids at ease immediately. He works through problems with them with kindness and patience. My daughter's geometry skills and math confidence have steadily improved with Brandon's help. Another child of mine benefitted from his tips for taking the SAT and ACT standardized tests. His help contributed to her significantly improving her scores.
Ever wonder who can get a perfect score on the SAT? Well, this tutor can, and he shares his knowledge enthusiastically with students. Brandon is self-effacing and very approachable, putting kids at ease immediately. He works through problems with them with kindness and patience. My daughter's geometry skills and math confidence have steadily improved with Brandon's help. Another child of mine b...
"A-M-A-Z-I-N-G Reading and Learning Experience"
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- Khadyja Reinhardt
Review of Read Faster, Read Slower, Read Better, February 24, 2009
I wish I had taken this course as a freshman – it would have changed the entire course of my undergraduate career.
The instructor has a great sense of humor, and really integrates the entire class's comments and concerns into our curriculum. He seems to really care about helping people learn to read at a new level, and is so passionate and knowledgeable about what he does.
I am a senior at the University of Washington, double majoring in Honors Comparative History of Ideas, and Community, Environment and Planning.
I wish I had taken this course as a freshman – it would have changed the entire course of my undergraduate career.
The instructor has a great sense of humor, and really integrates the entire class's comments and concerns into our curriculum. He seems to really care about helping people learn to read at a new level, and is so passionate and knowledgeable about what he does.
I am a senior ...
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My Recent Articles
8 Questions to Ask a Potential SAT Tutor
Posted by Seattle SAT Coaching in SAT Prep
There are many excellent test-prep tutors online, and many mediocre ones. When you contact a potential teacher, you may find the following questions useful – “How well can you do on th...
The Point of a Liberal Arts Education
Posted by Seattle SAT Coaching in Humanities
Liberal arts survey classes stink.It’s not only that lower-level classes are taught by the semi-qualified and attended by people who’d rather not be there. The true disaster is that many students a...
