Developing tools for better thinking
In my experience, studying philosophy helps children and young adults develop important cognitive and scholastic skills. I offer several age-appropriate tutorial services that are designed to develop these skills. Please contact for more information and pricing options.
High School
Early and consistent exposure to philosophy can help high school students develop useful cognitive and scholastic skills that can contribute to success in college, future employment, as well as on standardized tests such as the SAT. I offer programs designed to help improve critical thinking, argumentation, reading, and writing, with eye towards these goals.
Further reading:
Schools are starting to teach kids philosophy—and it's completely changing the way students think
College
For those already in college or university, I offer two services. First, I can help develop the skills necessary to write effective university essays on any subject. Second, I offer philosophy tutoring on any philosophical topic.
Children
Children between the ages of six and twelves can benefit immensely from exposure to philosophy and philosophical questions. I offer both one-on-one and group options for introducing children to philosophy.
Further Reading:
“The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man the world tends to become definite, finite, obvious; common objects rouse no questions, and unfamiliar possibilities are contemptuously rejected. As soon as we begin to philosophize, on the contrary, we find [...] that even the most everyday things lead to problems to which only very incomplete answers can be given. . . .”