JP Alvarez
Contributing Writer
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JP Alvarez, writer of poetry, drama, and non-fiction, resides in Bronx, New York. He currently works in the field of education as a private tutor, offering in-home English and Math instruction to students at the elementary, middle school and high school grade levels. JP is also an avid martial artist and is currently a jiu-jitsu practitioner. He has worked as a journalist and a freelance copyeditor while completing his undergraduate studies between Lehman College and New York University. His educational background encompasses majors in English and Communications and minors in Psychology and Sociology. JP is also working on a full length screenplay, which he hopes to submit competitively before January of 2013.
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In Search of Morning Motivation?
Many of us naturally have things to do when we get up in the morning but the level of motivation to get out of bed changes from day to day.
Apr 19, 2011
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Parental Discipline as a Concentration Tool
Elementary school kids with poor concentration skills can be subject to physical punishment by their parents when they are unresponsive with their tutors.
Jan 31, 2011
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Elements of Good Ukes
Jiu-Jitsu practitioners get the best training and can reflect on a day's worth of training when they have practiced techniques with good ukes.
Dec 19, 2010
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What?...Homework from a Tutor?
Considering the alloted time that in-home tutors can have with students, homework on outside learning standards may have to be given.
Dec 8, 2010
- JP Alvarez
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Mat Shoes v.s. Barefoot Training
Whether one chooses to bow themselves onto a mat with or without shoes is a training preference that should not distract any pledge to a student creed.
Nov 21, 2010
- JP Alvarez
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