Hi guys.

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My name is John. I'm currently an honors student at a MU

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American Military University, where in June I will graduate.

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Having earned my bachelor's degree in US History.

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I also hold an associate's degree

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that I earned at Mount San Jacinto College here in Southern

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California where I live.

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I'm really excited to be part of the

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lesson pal tutoring team.

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One of my favorite subjects

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to tutor is obviously US History,

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but I also like teaching world history, military history,

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political science, sociology, and English.

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And I can also help students

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who are having trouble writing their essays.

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I really love teaching young people

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and really been doing so in some form

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or fashion for most of my adult life.

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Going all the way back to when I was a Marine, uh,

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an instructor in the Marine Corps, uh, helping to train

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and equip young Marines

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to operate at their highest levels of proficiency.

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My teaching philosophy, especially as it relates to history,

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includes learning about the significance of past events

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and their relevance to our modern context.

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I'd like to take a Socratic approach when it comes

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to tutoring, hoping to stimulate dialogue between myself

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and the students and the material being covered.

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Uh, I think that that approach best facilitates critical

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thinking skills, which is one of my primary goals.

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Anyway, uh, I hope this video has been helpful.

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I look forward to hearing from you

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and learning together with you.

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Thank you very much.

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