BE Education

We offer live online group classes, individual tutoring, and self-paced lessons in history, literature, writing, and Korean language. We pride ourselves in having only the most credentialled, most qualified, and most experienced professional instructors. 

Hi everyone!  We are Brandy, Ethan, and Karimah from BE Education. Our profiles are below:

1- I am Brandy, and I am the director of BE Education.  I have a master's degree in history from the University of Cambridge in the UK, and I love teaching history, literature, research, and writing!  I have been teaching history, writing, research, and literature courses, as well as ACT prep, for elementary, middle, high school, and university students for 17 years, with the last 7 years online.  I also have homeschooled my own children.  For some of that time teaching, I trained new teachers in effective strategies for teaching online.  I have experience with students of all ages and abilities, from elementary students to adults at the university level, as well as with ESL learners.  Furthermore, I have experience with the AP program, as a teacher, student (10 exams completed, all 5's), and a grader.  I earned a 35 on my ACT and completed an IB diploma.  

I am passionate about teaching students to really explore history through primary documents and visual sources, and I have the skills to create an effective learning environment in an online classroom.  I use a discussion-based, inquiry-led, Socratic format to help students explore their own ideas about history, literature, and writing, as well as really learn the practical aspects of doing history and analysis rather than simply memorizing facts.  I am trained in research methods and love helping students explore research and writing skills to present their ideas.  Last, but not least, I'm also a mom of 10 kids, have traveled the world, and have lived in both Europe and Asia. All my classes are ESL FRIENDLY.

2-Hello!  I'm Ethan.  I'm a native Korean speaker, a professional Korean language tutor and instructor for 7 years, and have a bachelor's degree.  I'm fluent in both Korean and English.  I received perfect scores in all Korean language tests including the Korean SAT.  I worked in my college press, as well as in thesis correction for my department at my university.  I lived in Korea for 28 years and moved to the US for my Ph.D.  I have experience teaching Korean language to both Korean native students and non-native students, for more than 7 years now!

3-Hi! I’m Karimah. I’m a mom of four, global citizen, ardent traveler, and communications specialist of 25 years. I’m originally from Alabama but call Raleigh, NC home for now. I’ve spent 15 years traveling and working abroad, primarily in journalism, communications, and marketing. I have a master's degree in communications. Among the many roles I’ve assumed, I’ve worked as a teacher, AP teacher, university instructor, coach, trainer, consultant, curriculum developer, and evaluator.It goes without saying that my professional passion is helping others effectively communicate – whether through a speech, essay, story, presentation, or ad. My methodology springs from a singular truth; great communication is about understanding the motivations of the receiver and what you want the end result to be. Once you’re able to understand that, everything else will fall into place!  I’ve had immense fun seeing my students – from ages 12 to 50 – bloom into effective communicators. When it “clicks”, there’s an excitement in their eyes, which I look forward to seeing in each of my students’ eyes here!