...He taught at the University of California for sixteen years. A writer of fiction and non-fiction, he has received the US White House Commission's Presidential Scholar in the Arts award and Yale's Wallace Prize for the best fiction. Jeffrey has received various fellowships for research, including the Ehrman, Torbett, and Bildner Fellowships. (read more)
...I also taught myself lutherie in 9th grade, and have been building my own electric guitars as a hobby ever since (from scratch - I specialize in extended range and multiscale instruments). I understand that having the right resources and mentorship make all the difference. I've helped numerous w... (read more)
...Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
6TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS:
CA STATE BENCHMARK STANDARDS I cover all the BASIC CONCEPTS of Geometry with EXPERIMENTS including:
* Postulate, Theorems, Proofs, Symbols
* Angles: Measuring, Classifying, Congruence, Vertical
* Parallel and Per... (read more)
...Not only am I a National Merit Semi-Finalist with a 1570 score on the SAT (a perfect Writing score, 790 Math, and 780 Reading/Writing), I have experience developing personalized learning strategies. I have been sharing my own tips and tricks that helped me increase my score by 180 points with ma... (read more)
...I also worked on a project studying antbirds and army ants in the Peruvian Amazon, and volunteered for 7 years at the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, spending almost all of that time tending to animals or explaining them to the general public. I also lead birding outings and other na... (read more)