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Mike Walgenbach
Call 626-789-1599 today for a productive hour.
Email: mwalgen44@yahoo.com

My name is Mike Walgenbach.  I taught high-school English for 19 years.  I've taught kids of all abilities from remedial to honors to advanced.  I've tutored individuals ranging in age from 7 to 55.  I know the public-school curriculum--the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Working within that system, I can help your child raise his course grade two levels or his grade percentage by 25% or more with his classwork and on standardized tests.

As your hired tutor, I will work with you and your child to achieve specific goals under time constraints.  My time does not go unmeasured.  The goals will established by me and your child and approved by you.  I do not want to waste your time.  If I feel I am wasting your time, I will tell you and ask that you fire me.  I want to maximize the production of two hours with your teenager.  Mastery of specific tasks, measured by timed tests, is the goal.  By setting goals, I can tell whether my time and my efforts have any value to you.  I constantly assess the progress of your child's learning and will make adjustments in areas that need strengthened.  If the adjustments don't work, I will discuss the value of our expenditure--your money and my time--before I present to you a productive solution.  If your child is not meeting the revised goals, I will ask that you fire me.

8 SPECIFIC GOALS I ESTABLISH WITH YOUR TEENAGER:
1.  To ensure 100% completion of and 100% accuracy on your child's homework. 
2.  Through repeated practice provide steps and instruction for your son/daughter to write morally compelling and persuasive essays and reports.
3.  Grasp the moral instruction of stories through an examination of the narrator's rhetoric and logical, ethical, and moral questions of the different characters' actions and intentions.
4.  Record higher marks on mandated tests and classwork for all courses.
5.  To ensure that rumors on your child's performance are positive and productive.
6.  Provide technical assistance with digital projects:
     a.  Create 3 slideshows and post them at YouTube.  Posting them at YouTube persuades your student to perform his best. 
     b.  Create 1 documentary on the student's favorite topic.
     c.  Write the script, perform the shooting, and editing of a single movie.
     d.  Conduct 3 videotaped interviews of local entrepreneurs.
     e.  Produce 5 "How To" videos and post each one at YouTube.
7.  Through selective stories, I will generate interest in fiction and non-fiction, economics, web design, and history. 
8.  I will dedicate my time and efforts to your child, his stated goals as well as yours.  The result will be higher test scores and a higher GPA.  If I do not achieve these 8 goals in a time specified by you and me, then I ask that you fire me.


Mike Walgenbach
Call 626-789-1599 today for a productive hour.
Email: mwalgen44@yahoo.com