Hello, my name is Eric Blumenfeld. I am in the beginning stages of self training myself to become a tutor in the field of History. This site and the blog will document my progress in my training and studying. Currently I am aiming to tutor AP US History.

Aside from History my main hobby in life is playing games. This ranges from video games to board games and tabletop Role Playing games. I primarily play games with a heavy emphasis on narrative and character development.

Currently I am at the beginning of my training as a history tutor. Detailed updates will be posted on my blog roughly every week.

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I currently live in South San Francisco California and have lived in the Bay Area my entire life.

I graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in History with a focus on Modern US History.

My current day job has nothing to do with history. Recently I have been trying to figure out how to incorporate history back into my life. Not just that but also give meaning to what I am studying.

I like teaching and helping people. I know among students, history is not a popular subject. I consider this to be an issue not with the subject itself, but with how it is communicated to the students.

My further aim is to develop a teaching philosophy based on the Teachers and Professors that engaged me most during my studies.

History is the greatest story ever told. This gets lost in its teaching. My goal is to develop a philosophy that teaches history as a narrative that focuses on events and characters in the same way a story is told.