"I just don't get it - it's SO hard!"I cried every night for a week as my parents patiently drilled me with multiplication flashcards, timed tests, and encouraged me to work through learning something difficult that seemed pointless to a third grader. Fast forward a few decades, I realize that firs... (read more)
...I spent 15 years in the Medical Diagnostics industry: first in the laboratory as a biochemist, and eventually leaving the lab to work in sales and marketing of our medical products. I wanted to teach kids how to love science, so I quit my job and obtained my High School teacher certification in ... (read more)
...Berkeley Extension. I have taught drug and alcohol prevention in grammar, secondary and high schools. I am highly recommended by my superiors. (read more)
...I coached youth soccer for 19 years and was a Boy Scout and Troop Leader. My wife is the Librarian at a high school and my daughter teaches school in Grass Valley, so we are very educationally oriented. There are various engineering disciplines I can help focus on. (read more)
...If a student doesn't understand a concept explained one way, I'll find another. We work together as a team to build understanding and confidence. While I haven't tutored chemistry as much as I've tutored math, I earned A's in college-level general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, etc. (read more)