Ricky

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About Ricky

Subjects

Elementary (3-6) Reading, ELL, Essay Writing, Spanish

Education

Bachelors in Bible/Biblical Studies from Bob Jones University

Masters in Religion/Religious Studies from Bob Jones University

Career Experience

I have taught multiple subjects, including English, Spanish, and music at every level in schools, and have worked in Spanish and English since graduating from college in 1975. We worked in Spain for ten years after attending the university for a year. Now we work in California with private schools. I have given conferences in English around the United States, and in Spanish in Mexico and South America, besides administering an institute in California.

I Love Tutoring Because

I want to see students advance in their careers and personal life, especially through language studies in English and Spanish.

Other Interests

Book collecting, Bowling, Creative writing, Fishing, Foreign language learning, Gardening, Genealogy, Hiking, Listening to Music, Music, Playing Music, Reading, Writing

Reviews (490)

logan

English - College English

Sep 28, 2023

This was very helpful. Thank you.

Kaiden G.

FP - Elementary ELA

Sep 26, 2023

no feed back

Nadege

English - College English

Sep 25, 2023

i am grateful for this feature that the school offers.

Bethany

English - College English

Sep 25, 2023

helped me understand my essay better

MARCUS

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Sep 20, 2023

HE CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME!!!

Quatisha

English - College English

Sep 18, 2023

My tutor was very helpful, he gave me helpful advice with a few links that might be usual to me for my essay.

Shalin

English - College English

Sep 18, 2023

beyond helpful

Rabab-Fatima

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Sep 16, 2023

tutor was amazing

Tristan

English - College English

Sep 15, 2023

Ricky is a excellent tutor!

Jomany

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Sep 14, 2023

I love this tutor! He explains to me when i'm confused. He deserves over 5 stars. The best I have seen so far!

Merriam

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Sep 11, 2023

Was very helpful with how I should improve my college essay.

Mitchell

English - College English

Sep 7, 2023

I feel more comfortable taking my tests now

Kiara

English - College English

Sep 5, 2023

The person who helped me and answered all my questions. He was awesome

Raven

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 24, 2023

My insturctor was amazing and helped me perfect dialogue I would reccommend this.

Christina

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 24, 2023

Ricky is an excellent tutor. I feel much more confident in my Spanish.

Graciela

English - College English

Aug 18, 2023

Excellent

Jodi

English - College English

Aug 17, 2023

just felt uncomfortable with him, nothing against him

Elizabeth

English - College English

Aug 17, 2023

Ricky was great! Very helpful!

Amy

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Aug 17, 2023

hes the best

Noveline

English - College English

Aug 16, 2023

He is very helpful and straight to the point.

Machele

English - College English

Aug 12, 2023

Ricky is excellent

Machele

English - College English

Aug 12, 2023

Ricky was excellent and provided meaningful feedback

Alexander

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Aug 8, 2023

it took him a minute just to spot an error in the first sentence of the first paragraph in the document

Reese

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Aug 7, 2023

This tutor was helpful.

Zihou

English - ELL

Jul 19, 2023

a very good teacher

Suri

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Jul 17, 2023

More time please!

Charlotte

English - College English

Jul 11, 2023

I love having Ricky as a tutor he was great and helping me improve my paper will want to have him again.

Israel

English - College English

Jun 30, 2023

perfect

WENDELL

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Jun 26, 2023

Great tutor! Really helped point out my need for a thesis and better structure in my essay. I feel so confident that I'll get an A and it will all be thanks to this tutor :)

Marwa

English - College English

Jun 26, 2023

Very helpful

RegnellSmith

English - College English

May 31, 2023

Keep up the good work

Tristan

English - College English

May 26, 2023

Ricky is a great tutor! He helped me recognize where I made some grammatical errors.

Savannah

Foreign Language - Spanish

May 26, 2023

Thank You!

Shams

Foreign Language - Spanish

May 25, 2023

Kind and a great tutor.

WENDELL

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

May 25, 2023

Tutor was very helpful and engaging. He provided me with links and resources as well as giving me a detailed revision plan.

BAKALCHA

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

May 23, 2023

I want to meet with the same tutor.

Maximilian

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

May 19, 2023

This tutor was super helpful

Hermon

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

May 15, 2023

This tutor have helped me do really grate on my research paper and i really liked him.

Jevon

English - ELL

May 11, 2023

I am a returning student over 20 years and I am feeling overwhelmed, but with the help of tutoring and the help of informative students and staff I feel I will excel in my education without getting distracted or discouraged.

Savannah

Foreign Language - Spanish

May 11, 2023

Thank You!

Anmol

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

May 4, 2023

AWESOME TUTOR!!!!!!! AMAZING!!

Fernando

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

May 3, 2023

wow great

Skylan

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Apr 27, 2023

Ricky was an AMAZING tutor, he really helped me out with some things involving my novel and creative writing tips. 10/10 recommend!!

Jayden

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Apr 19, 2023

Ricky was a nice instructor and he helped me with the words i didnt know.

Jelani

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Apr 12, 2023

He was a little bit good

BAKALCHA

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Apr 11, 2023

Ricky the tutor was helpful dude

Ayaan

Foreign Language - Spanish

Apr 7, 2023

He helped me alot. Thank you so much!

Edith

English - College English

Apr 6, 2023

Great tutor and very helpful.

Princess

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Apr 4, 2023

Thank you so much.

MEENA

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Apr 4, 2023

He was very nice and really helped me.

Joelle

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Apr 3, 2023

he was really nice and insightful!

CYNTHIA

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 31, 2023

VERY PATIENT and really nice, loved working with them!!!!

Juan Alesi

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 30, 2023

This really helps me with my essay!

Derek

English - College English

Mar 30, 2023

very understandable and comprehend with ideas to elaborate.

Benjamin

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 23, 2023

I feel like my writing is stronger now and am happy

LILIANA

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 23, 2023

This was very helpful! I was a bit nervous at first but the session was great.

Nebyou

Foreign Language - Spanish

Mar 21, 2023

mde me feel like royalty helped me I hope I get him all the time

Charles

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 20, 2023

He is excellent

SaiSamved

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 17, 2023

I understood how to make my thesis statement better. My tutor explained it amazingly.

Edith

English - College English

Mar 17, 2023

Great tutor.

Morgan

English - College English

Mar 10, 2023

Very helpful! Explained everything and went at a great speed!

ERIK

Foreign Language - Spanish

Mar 9, 2023

thanks it was really helpful

Faith

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Mar 8, 2023

People you hire are great!

Warner

Foreign Language - Spanish

Mar 7, 2023

He explained everything really well

Subarna

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Mar 2, 2023

Overall, I had a amazing experience.

Erin

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 28, 2023

Very helpful

Nhu

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 24, 2023

Ricky was extremely nice and super accommodable. He knew aa lot about different techniques in writing. He was very passionate in his work and I appreciated him being there.

MYAH

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 24, 2023

The tutor that I had helped me out a lot and gave me great feedback.

Linda

Foreign Language - Spanish

Feb 20, 2023

very fast response

Arsema

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 14, 2023

He was very kind and helpful. I would recommend him to everyone.

Karliy

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 14, 2023

I couldn't share my file

Madison

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 13, 2023

I really think this tutor help me a lot with understanding. He gave me good tips on how I can fix my paper into sounding better so that I can Impress my teacher.

Brandon

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 13, 2023

I loved it so much!

CHARLENE

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 13, 2023

This was the best session! I have done my paragraph successfully!

Abbygail

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 10, 2023

tutor can help me get better grades

Jaycie

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 10, 2023

He was nice

Vanessa

Foreign Language - Spanish

Feb 8, 2023

I really enjoyed ricky, he has taught me an understanding of direct pronoun and indirect

London

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Feb 8, 2023

I was great! THe tutor helped me understand the different text structures and explained to me how to identify them

Marissa

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Feb 8, 2023

It was really good and helped

Peter

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Feb 6, 2023

good tutor

Jansu

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Feb 3, 2023

It really helps!

Karissa

English - College English

Feb 1, 2023

It was helpful and the response were quick and helpful.

Anmol

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Feb 1, 2023

He is very nice and explains everything perfectly. I am so happy I logged on right now and got this tutor.

Azmariah

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Jan 31, 2023

It was good

Ladis

English - ELL

Jan 31, 2023

they don't just give you the answers but make you think where the problem is

Azra

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Jan 30, 2023

He was the best tutor ever. He took almost 2 hours to help me. Thank You so much!

Ocampo

Foreign Language - Spanish

Jan 27, 2023

Really helpful tutor!

Corrina

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Jan 25, 2023

Ricky was an amazing tutor and he put so much dedication into just helping others.

Fareeha

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Jan 24, 2023

Really helpful! He really helped me work through the problems :)

Dulcemaria

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Jan 19, 2023

My tutor was an amazing helper!

Maha

English - ELL

Jan 19, 2023

Amazing tutor. He walked me through my essay step by step and explained concepts I was struggling with. Thank you!

Lasya

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Jan 12, 2023

really helped revise my essay to make it look more structured, and a lot better!

Aaliyah

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Jan 11, 2023

They really helped me with m work

Christopher

Foreign Language - Spanish

Jan 11, 2023

He was great and we had a great session and I would definitely like to have him again and I highly recommend him.

Savannah

Foreign Language - Spanish

Jan 10, 2023

Thank You!!

Kamran

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Jan 9, 2023

thank rick

Belle

Foreign Language - Spanish

Jan 6, 2023

Amazing help and helps me understand what I'm missing in my Spanish sentences!

Radnyi

Foreign Language - Spanish

Jan 6, 2023

The tutor was very nice and helped me without directly telling me the answers.

Soliana

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 29, 2022

lovehelp

Soliana

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 27, 2022

love

Lauren

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 27, 2022

He was really great! Very helpful and very insightful. Loved working with him as he is very encouraging and kind.

Danielle

Foreign Language - Spanish

Dec 22, 2022

has patients

Arianna

English - ELL

Dec 20, 2022

ver helpful and great tutor

Taye

Foreign Language - Spanish

Dec 19, 2022

great tutor would recommend to anyone

Keslynn

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 16, 2022

My tutor Ricky was kind and helpful.

Savannah

Foreign Language - Spanish

Dec 15, 2022

Thank You!

Jaden

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 7, 2022

I learned a lot of useful information from this service.

Venkata

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 6, 2022

The tutor was very helpful and answered my questions detailed. They had provided useful resources.

MACY

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 6, 2022

tutor was extremely nice

ARYANNA

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Dec 5, 2022

This was great.I enjoyed the help =)

Sara

Foreign Language - Spanish

Dec 2, 2022

Very nice, helped me when I was very nervous as I have never used this website before.

Sky

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Dec 1, 2022

If i never asked for him it wouldve tooken me longer to do this story

Ciara

English - ELL

Nov 30, 2022

Ricky was such a great helper on my midterm paper! Ricky, thank you so much for all of your help!

Levi

English - Elementary (3-6) Language Arts

Nov 30, 2022

Tutor Really helped with every little thing.

Marjenia

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 29, 2022

Great!!!

Kadee

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 29, 2022

Very good eye for catching small errors super helpful!!

Audrey

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 25, 2022

This was a great experience and very helpful. Thank you so much!

Britney

English - College English

Nov 22, 2022

He was very helpful and help me so much on my assignment would definitely recommend! Very satisfied

Taye

Foreign Language - Spanish

Nov 21, 2022

Very nice and helpful. Helped me go from not knowing some words to knowing all the ones I needed to. Would recommend

Nathan

Foreign Language - Spanish

Nov 16, 2022

very nice instructor, helped me out, overall ideal!

Yonathan

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Nov 15, 2022

Really great and helpful tutor! Five stars! :D

Emani

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 11, 2022

Ricky was very helpful.

Ashley

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Nov 10, 2022

My tutor helped me correct my essay. He helped be clearer on part that didn't make sense to me.

Aaliyah

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 10, 2022

really good feedback on my essay said things i wouldn't have caught

Anmol

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Nov 9, 2022

It was very helpful . I really appreciate it .

Sao

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 9, 2022

This tutor help in every step of the way if you have something that troubling you or you don't understand the concept.

Elijah

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 9, 2022

i love this app/website

Sama

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 8, 2022

the seisson was fast and understandable. good work!

Taye

Foreign Language - Spanish

Nov 7, 2022

Great tutor for Spanish would recommend for any one that needs Spanish help

Chance

Foreign Language - Spanish

Nov 4, 2022

I really like Spanish

Gianna

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Nov 3, 2022

Ricky was the best,i wouldn't have got a good grade without his help

Soraya

English - College English

Oct 31, 2022

Thank you for your help, it was well needed.

Emi

English - Midlevel (7-8) Language Arts

Oct 31, 2022

I was thinking and this tutor kept on being very impatient.

EMELY

Foreign Language - Spanish

Oct 28, 2022

none

Karamchand

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Oct 27, 2022

He was very patient and friendly. I really enjoy working with him.

Lisa

English - College English

Oct 21, 2022

Thank you Ricky!!!

Austin

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Oct 21, 2022

The problem was when I was with my tutor, I decided to share the doc with him, he had trouble sending me back the file.

Janessa

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Oct 14, 2022

helped me alot

Destiny

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Oct 13, 2022

He is a very kind tutor and he helped me with everything I needed!

Natalie

English - ELL

Oct 6, 2022

super helpful

MADISON

English - Secondary (9-12) Essay Writing

Oct 6, 2022

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