FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I bill on the 5th and 20th of each month ~ invoice emailed via Stripe. You may register a credit/debit and enable auto-pay if you wish.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I offer incoming clients a free consultation online. The consultation allows a family to get a feel for work with me before starting. The consult also gives me a chance to learn about your student and begin to design a lesson plan. We begin lessons in my writing curriculum. As for development in vocab, grammer, reading comp, I will conduct assessments for the first few weeks and then put together a progress plan with goals specific to your child.
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
I came from a large family that did not have the resources to care for all of us. I was the eldest of six and the only boy. I became independent at a young age. When I reached High School, I acted out on my percieved powerlessness at home. At the same time as I was getting into trouble for behavioral infractions, I became noted as a young and talented local playwright, made captain of a championship basketball team, and was elected as our graduating class' Senior Speaker. I even invited Ralph Nader to the school as a guest for our lunch-time discussion club. I didn't tell any of the school staff, either. That was a good one. When I graduated, my family moved overseas and left me to care for our family home -- now empty. I got a job making sandwiches and went to community college. I found my first academic love: philosophy. With a fresh start, I committed myself to academic success... And, did I ever find it. My performance garnered a slew of academic and departmental awards, the top being a full semester scholarship to the University of Cambridge. Following my graduation, I worked in the kitchens of New York for a year. I earned a good amount of money for myself and moved out to Seattle with nothing but a backpack. There, I decided to make this company that could have provided the younger me with the role models I needed to engage with academics at a younger age.