...I retired from Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories in 2001. For the past ten years I have spent two afternoons a week tutoring mathematics at the Joliet Job Corps Center. I have worked with students doing GED (high school equivalency exam), ASVAB (military aptitude test), several versions of ... (read more)
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...I love tutoring because I see it as a way of impacting knowledge. It is so satisfying to clear students' doubts about confusing ideas and to make them see usefulness of a lot of mathematical tools in their daily life. I am an outstanding math tutor because I understand the basics concepts of math. (read more)
...I am able to explain the material in understandable ways. One of the best compliments I received recently is that one of my students jokingly said to her mom, "I wish I could just go to the 'school of Andrea.' When she explains this stuff, it makes sense."
When a student is already excelling a... (read more)