I’m a teaching assistant at UBC, a special needs tutor for UBC Access and Diversity, and a personal coach for students and adult learners.
My school career has been an odyssey. I started out in French immersion at Bishop Field Elementary in Newfoundland. After a few years I moved to Vancouver, where I spent three years in the MACC program at Lord Nelson elementary. From the Vancouver School Board website:
“[The MACC program] is designed to support the learning of highly gifted and talented adolescents at appropriate levels of challenge within a cohort model.“
In plain English, it was a program for students from grades 4-7. They shared a single classroom, learning in collaboration at their own pace. After that, I attended the VSB/UBC Transition Program, an early college entrance program that covers grades 8-12 in two years. I graduated from this program and entered university at the age of 14, in Newfoundland. I didn’t take to Memorial University (mostly because it was too windy and cold), so I transferred to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Currently, I’m finishing off the last two semesters of a degree in Linguistics and Computer Science.
I have worked as a personal tutor for students in elementary and high school, teaching English, math, science, study/organization skills and — oddly enough — musical theory. I would describe myself as patient, attentive, and enthusiastic. Contact me If you’re interested in setting up a meeting or learning more about me.
- Gabriel
