October 12, 2010

• Shameless plug for the Reading Seminar

  "Books that are over your head weary you unless you can reach up to them and pull yourself up to their level.  It is not the stretching that tires you, but the frustration of stretching unsuccessfully because you lack the skill to stretch effectively."
  -- Mortimer J. Adler

  Through my coaching/tutoring business I am offering a seminar that teaches crucial reading, research and study strategies for college students and graduate students alike.  Or, if you are a wise high school senior, learn this stuff now and really be prepared for college life next year. 

  The seminar is based upon Mortimer Adler's foundational text "How To Read A Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading" and J. Robert Clinton's "Reading On the Run", as well as several other helpful texts and our decades of personal experience in academia.  This is NOT a remedial reading course, it is for students or professionals who have to plow through a lot of reading efficiently (i.e. QUICKLY) and effectively (i.e. learning all you need to know from your reading).  It is not a speed-reading course, nor a study skills course, although we will touch upon each of those topics.  The Academic Reading Seminar is available as a 2-hour introduction for $100 per person, a 4-hour half-day workshop for $180 per person, or a 6-hour comprehensive workshop for $250 per person.

  Wordsmith writing coaches are mobile experts in academic reading and writing: we come to you! Because we do not maintain brick-and-mortar offices and classrooms, we can keep our overhead very low, and pass the savings on to you. It is also convenient: we will meet you wherever is best for you.  If you can meet us within our biking range, we waive any travel fee and thank you for helping keep us fit and trim.  We are willing to drive to meet with you, but if driving is necessary, we must charge $.50 per mile one way, still a reasonable fee.

  Our standard hourly rate for tutoring and coaching at the undergrad/graduate level is $75/hour.  See our website for more details and our story.

  Call today to schedule your Academic Reading Seminar!  Ask about special group discount pricing too.
  (my phone number is on our website: www.wordsmithwritingcoaches.com)

  "We must become a nation of truly competent readers, recognizing all that the word 'competent' implies.  Nothing less will satisfy the needs of the world that is coming."
  -- Mortimer J. Adler, 1940

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