Hello everyone, I am an engineer and mathematician, having worked for 17 years before getting my masters in mathematics. My experience ranges from giving lectures to design work, testing and evaluation. All in all, I love teaching people the beauty of mathematics and engineering so I look forward to talking about my work and teaching people. (read more)
...Throughout the course of the semester, I would work closely with and tutor my classmates who were struggling with the material. This semester I am taking Organic Chemistry II and am currently averaging an A, while tutoring students from both Orgo I and Orgo II. I worked with several high school students in preparation for the chemistry regents exam. (read more)
...I firmly believe that there is no such thing as being or not being a “math person”—anyone can master even the most esoteric topics with a teacher who can adapt to how he or she learns and the particular difficulties he or she is having. I don’t like teaching math as a set of steps or a bunch of ... (read more)
...I generally use the students' current knowledge and ask probing questions to get them to teach themselves the material and bring in experiences to facilitate learning (I find this Socratic method works best for retention), but, when needed, will lecture. I have been tutoring all high school and ... (read more)
...I used to play poker professionally, concentrating on Hold'em variants. I preferred to coach and coached many of the Sit-N-Go (SNG) players at the top of the Sharkscope leaderboards, including one player who went from not knowing whether a flush beat a straight to the dominant player on Full Til... (read more)