...It was a total immersion course. Even though, there were those who spoke English, I tried to speak only Italian by going to the movies, watching television, sitting in the park and listening to the Italians speaking. I practiced doing crossword puzzles in Italian, reading children's books in Italian and later on more advanced literature as well as medical books in Italian. (read more)
...I focus on making the most of our time together: preparing materials beforehand, working together on problems and concepts of difficulty, and making next steps to make sure we stay on track to meet your academic goals. While I am more than willing to work under time constraints, I seek to ensure... (read more)
...My Personal Best times include: 1) Mile - 4:37, 2) 5K - 16:24, 3) 8k - 26:35, 4) 10k - 34:20. Before entering college, I graduated high school with a Regents Degree from Walt Whitman High School. In order to get this degree I had to complete a minimum of 3 math regents, 3 science regents, 2 history regents, and 1 English regents. (read more)
...Most SAT math questions can be solved in more than one method, so I approach to questions in many different ways based on my students problem solving skills and prior knowledge for the problems. For each problem, I assess their weaknesses for the problem and strengthen their weakest area. In ad... (read more)