Why I Tutor

Education is the core of all things good. I want to teach because I want to show aspiring students that books aren't about themes, quotes, or teacherly contrivances, but rather they're about us: what we do, how we do it, and why.

The curricula and mark schemes: these are only the base layer, to become second nature with practice. I will draw on my profoundly rewarding experience teaching across several top London agencies to elevate not only my tutorial students’ marks, their analytic and critical skills, but more fundamentally their curiosity. The possibilities of literature and language are endless.

 I will use my clear and lively communicative style – ever-growing from a lifelong enthusiasm for literature, debating, and filmmaking – to markedly improve my students’ written and spoken ability.

I recognise that in the limits of the classroom the student cannot always be given the attention they deserve. Yet even more than this, the classroom cannot always be conducive to the very principle which underpins my desire to teach: curiosity and enthusiasm. I know that my style - diligent but dynamic - will allow students of any confidence-level to approach their work with advanced critical tools and a newfound enthusiasm.

My ultimate ambition is to become a film-director, but I have ever wanted to teach: the beauty of language, the importance of our texts, and what they mean for our lives. As I complete my third professional production, I am increasingly recognising how my directorial ambitions and my desire to teach are entwined: clarity of communication, an holistic understanding of the subject matter, and a friendly and convivial demeanour that will, in education, allow students to view their curriculums as lively and (dare I say?) fun! Ultimately, I want to teach English language and literature because it is perhaps the most integral part of our identities. Again: what we say, how we say it, and why.