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In my 15 plus years of tutoring, I've had the pleasure of working many students from all walks of life and with a wide range of abilities. My favorite part of tutoring and helping students is being there to witness their "ah ha!" moment. The moment of true and pure understanding. (read more)
...My goal is to explain topics as simply and as thoroughly as possible. This combination of giving a simple breakdown of the information as well as context to its application and what it means has been incredibly successful in students understanding and remembering it. It is important to me that a student can understand the overall concept of a topic rather than memorizing a sequence of steps. (read more)
...I have taught algebra2 many years and also have a few students in a local high school that have improved their grades. Now, I am working in college as a math tutor. Most of time, I helped students in college algebra and calculus. (read more)
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