...Having a student change from dreading math to really enjoying it brings me great satisfaction. An essential element to my tutoring approach is to break a problem down into its basic elements. Many times understanding can be most easily reached by doing a problem with simpler numbers. (read more)
...Throughout my many years of school I always helped and tutored other students as I went along - my little brother, my friends, classmates, etc. - and I really enjoyed it. Now that I'm doing it officially I find it comes very naturally to me - probably because of all that experience I gained ove... (read more)
...Over the last decade I have worked with more than 60 calculus students, and all of them have both increased their levels of comprehension and improved their grades. Grammar, punctuation, and word use are areas that have always interested me. After math and history, grammar is my favorite topic to teach. (read more)
...Over the past 3 years, I have maintained an A+ average in all my classes, the majority of which were AP and honors-level. I was recently recognized as a National Merit Finalist, and some other awards that I have received include the AP Scholar with Distinction award, the Silver President's Volun... (read more)