Ricky

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    (279)

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

tysm

Chelsea

English - College English

Oct 4, 2022

Very helpful!

Barbara

English - ELL

Oct 4, 2022

Ricky was Awesome! He was great and helped me out tremendously! Very Pleased

Alana

Foreign Language - Spanish

Oct 3, 2022

Super helpful, learned more about punctuation and better understood how to format my sentences :)

Mukul

Foreign Language - Spanish

Oct 3, 2022

Ricky is the best and helped me so much!

Ghimela

English - ELL

Sep 29, 2022

Ricky was awesome. He helped me with English assignment. I hope I can get his help again.

Tamika

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 27, 2022

Ricky was a great help!!

Bernetta

English - ELL

Sep 21, 2022

I really appreciate the tutor being patient with me

Nyla

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 21, 2022

He was nice and respectful. he helped a lot thanks.

Fatima

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 20, 2022

Ricky is an amazing tutor.

SHEYLA

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 19, 2022

My tutor really helped me correct my mistakes while TEACHING why my was wasn't correct. I appreciated the feedback along with further learning.

Joann

English - College English

Sep 12, 2022

Rick was very helpful.

Ishraq

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 12, 2022

He is the best.

Brianna

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 10, 2022

Absolutely love Ricky! This is my second time in a row speaking with him and he's so great! Very funny, patient, and informative. Would love to speak to him again! Thank you so much Ricky, you've helped so much in two days.

Savannah

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 9, 2022

Thank Yoou!

Eldana

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 8, 2022

Ricky is very helpful

Ishu

English - ELL

Sep 7, 2022

need more and long time to chat

Vanessa

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 6, 2022

I really enjoyed the breakdown of everything. Ricky is very patience and help me to understand

Chimera

English - ELL

Sep 3, 2022

I am very satisfied that my tutor was bilingual, as I am writing a paper for class about learning a second language. He was able to give me examples in the Spanish language on what to put into my essay to bring more attention to big details.

Marie

Foreign Language - Spanish

Sep 1, 2022

I am a hereditary speaker and I found his explanations clear and to the point.

Taytem

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 22, 2022

I loved the way he (Ricky) helped me annunciate my words, and went through everything slowly with me step by step. He is greatly appreciated as this is something that i was struggling with before. Thank you!!

VINCECHAD

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 15, 2022

Great service

IbtihagHameed

English - ELL

Aug 9, 2022

It was good

Melanie

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 2, 2022

Excellent

Elizabeth

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 2, 2022

My tutor was great!

Melanie

Foreign Language - Spanish

Aug 1, 2022

Excellent

cajohnson50

English - ELL

Jul 26, 2022

my tutor is very understanding and knowledgeable.

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