Take a unique approach that gets every student writing. Get students to write essays that start as close to the end as possible and then we polish. Have helped over 150 students. Emails excerpts fro... m students, 2023… • I would love it if you could find time to write me a college recommendation letter. Out of all of my teachers, I feel as though I get the most challenge from you. While attending Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, I’ve never met a teacher who teaches the way you do, and although at first I didn’t understand it, in the long run, it created an opportunity for me to be a better writer… • This is ____. I really admire the way you teach and your proficiency in speech. Therefore, I am formally requesting you write a letter of recommendation for me. … I feel that in this class I am able to express my creative side through reading and writing. Furthermore, this class has created a paradigm shift in my own thinking wherein everything you teach has a unique impact on the way I see the world. This is why I want you specifically to write my letter of recommendation…. • I hope you are comfortable writing me a strong recommendation letter because I believe you are the best fit for me. I have had many positive interactions with you and in your class, • I have encountered the most grammatical progress and improvement in my sentence structure from this class. Writing has become something that brings me joy while also giving me a sense of calmness. • . I want you to write my recommendation letter because you are the English teacher who has taught me the most… • I would like you to write my recommendation letter as I’ve shared more with you than many people in my life. You’ve read my rants, seen me go on tangents, and watched my struggle with sleep apnea, and through it all, you were there…. • This is _____________________from the Yleana SAT prep program that just ended. I wanted to write to you to express my sincerest gratitude for all that you have done for me. I unfread more

While I came to public school teaching late, I have always been a writing teacher, whether directing a team of professional writers, teaching college or teaching GED, or even teaching martial arts. I... have developed an approach to grammar that can help anyone from 3rd graders to dissertation candidates (both qualitative and quantitative). I also know how to help students get the ideas out onto the page. Over the last ten years, I have helped over a thousand students conceive, craft, and polish their college admission essays. Most of these were juniors whom I taught at Baltimore Polytechnic in Baltimore, perhaps the most highly rated inner city public school in the nation. 95 to 99% of my students have gone on to college. Because I have worked most of my life as a writer and editor, I know how to teach writing in the most useful ways. I also know how to make the reading of literature about the connection to the essential needs that motivate all of us. Because I listen to students, they listen to me. I now live between Baltimore Maryland and the Philippines. I am currently tutoring students of all ages online, working on a book on the teaching of writing, and practicing martial arts.read more