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John W. White

Tutoring in Language Arts, Social Studies, and many areas within the Liberal Arts

Empowering the Mind

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Degrees

B.A. University of Texas at Arlington, cum laude
Majors: German & History

M.A. University of Texas at Arlington
Major: History
Minor: Sociology

M.A. Duke University &
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(a jointly administered graduate program)
German Literature
Secondary Concentration in Rhetoric, especially Non-Verbal Rhetoric

Tutoring Experience

 -Early American History (Federalism & the U.S. Constitution)
-History of The Scientific Revolution
-History of Western Law & Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law)
-Europe During the Age of Religious Civil Wars
-History of Ancient Greece and Rome

-English Composition: Expository and Argumentative Writing
-English as a Second Language (Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Nonverbal Communication)
-Introductory Spanish (Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary)
-How to Read Western Literature
-English Literature (Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)*
-American Literature (John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men)*
-Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced German (Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing )
-German Literature (Franz Kafka's Der Process or The Trial)*
-Enlightenment Philosophy
-Aesthetics in the European Tradition
-Introduction to Postmodernism
*My knowledge of English, American and German literature is not limited to these works; this list only reflects my experience as a tutor. 

Teaching Experience

History:
- Introduction to Western Civilization I: Ancient Mesopotamia to The European Renaissance
- Introduction to Western Civilization II: The European Renaissance to the Present
- Introduction to World History II: 1500 - Present
-History of Science in Europe and the U.S.
-Texas History
-History of the United States to 1877 
-World History

Political Science:
-U.S. Government 

Economics:
Economics (at level)
AP Microeconomics
AP Macroeconomics

English:
- Introduction to the Humanities
- Essay Composition
- Expository & Argumentative Writing

German:
-Introductory Instruction
-Intermediate Instruction 
-Advanced Instruction (Teaching German as a Foreign Language near Munich, Bavaria)

Contact for a free private tutoring consultation.


Telephone

214-5O9-7335

Email

[email protected]
  • Home
  • About
    • The Value of Professional Tutoring
    • About the Tutor
    • The Development of Closer to 20/20 Tutoring
  • Contact / Free Consultation
  • On Education & Life in the 21st Century
    • Discipline, Focus, and the Adolescent Brain
    • What I Failed to See: Teaching in an Era of Social Media
    • Twenty-One Points of Light
    • Musings >
      • Getting Off My Mountain of Prejudice