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			   Edward Michalik
			    Private Tutor

	I have done many things in my 31 years on this planet. In the 
early 1980s I was an artist in residence at the University College of 
Cape Breton. I then did a work term as a conservationist in the library 
of the Atlantic School of Theology. In the interim I garnered a Governor 
General�s medal for academic excellence, became a published poet and a 
semi-professional musician. During the late 1980s I returned to Dalhousie 
University, where I earned a first class honour�s degree in Medieval 
History (1994). I am presently a Killam scholar at Dalhousie; my field of 
study is Italian Baroque. Two articles of mine will appear in The 
Encyclopaedia of Historiography, to be published in 1997 by Garland 
Press, New York.
	I love to learn and I love to teach. I have been a private tutor 
now for over a decade. I have tutored students with learning disabilities 
and whiz kids, whose parents were concerned that the public school system 
was not providing a suitable intellectual challenge for their children. 
Presently I am the academic advisor to the Dalhousie Tigers Mens 
basketball team (ranked #2 in the nation).
	There are times when I teach straight from the text book. The 
nuns of Holy Cross School, Glace Bay, trained me in the fundamentals of 
grammar. Thus, I consider myself to be expert in the study of language 
arts. There are other occasions when students require mentoring more than 
book learning. It is then that I jettison MacBeth and take out my 
well-worn chess board. Teacher and student sit, talk, play, and establish 
a personal rapport. This tends to lighten up my angst ridden pupils, who 
then are free to relax with themselves and with their school work. As you 
can see, I am a pragmatist: I will do whatever it takes to make my 
students enjoy the learning experience.
	If you think that your son or daughter might benefit from my 
services, give me a call at 423-5493 or e-mail me at 
�michalik@ra.isisnet.com�.