Personal Description:

Hi! My name's Taylor. I graduated from the University of Toronto in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours, with Distinction) in Literature and Critical Theory (specialist) and Philosophy (major). I began a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory (essentially an English degree, but with more philosophy and "theory") in September 2018 at McMaster University, but am currently taking a year off from that.

Tutoring Experience:

I have one year's experience working as a Teaching Assistant at McMaster University. Prior to this, I volunteered as a teacher's aide at Maurice Cody Junior Public School for a year through the Vic Reach Program when I was a student at U of T (Victoria College), and as a teacher's aide at John Fisher Junior Public School, a French immersion school where I helped young students with their French. I also completed a program called Ideas for the World at Victoria College, one of the sessions of which was called Theatre for Thought, in which my role was to engage inner-city community members to think critically about the plays we would read and watch each week.

Tutoring Approach:

Teaching should be a dynamic process by which the student not only learns, but learns how to learn; one, in effect, learns how to be one's own teacher, and potentially (or eventually) to teach others oneself.