Arete Academy – Tutoring

About Us

Our Story: Arete Academy is the brainchild of Zhiyuan (Robin) Luo and myself. Robin and I met while he was my student at Northwestern and we became friends a few years later while he completed law school at the London School of Economics (LSE) during my time as a visiting fellow at LSE. Arete Academy started with occasional tutoring of students working on essays for philosophy contests in 2024 has grown to include dozens of students and a handful of tutors in subjects including philosophy, religion, politics, history, and german.

What We Do: We work with students in a variety of arrangements both individual, or mixed group and individual modalities. We are happy to set up an independent study on a particular topic, work with students preparing for an essay contest , offer academic writing coaching, or online-discussion based philosophy courses. We do not write essays for students nor do we offer students a line of argument that they can use to produce a compelling argument. Instead we utilize tutorial style individual meetings and discussion based seminars to help students more effectively produce compelling arguments in line with their own perspectives!

Find Out More: To set up an opportunity to chat about what options might appeal to you or your child or to hear about our pricing structure feel free to reach out to Robin at robinluo2016@icloud.com.
If you’re interested in joining our tutoring team feel free to schedule an initial meeting with my or send me your questions via email at Joshua.Paul.Kissel@gmail.com!