...That is the experience of studying English (reading, writing, test prep, etc.) that I hope to offer through tutoring and it guides my methods. The foundation of any good tutoring experience is to consult with a student and identify the core issues, and so I let those issues guide my teaching of the material. Then, I try to give students time to practice and apply the material. (read more)
...Yet another is to consider an extreme case. It may not be obvious that a triangle cannot have lengths 17, 15, and 33, but it is when you consider 1, 3, and 10. Finally, visualization, whether it be slices of pizza (fractions) or high-speed photographs (derivatives), often brings an elusive concept home. (read more)
...I have taught classes in creative and technical writing and can help any age brainstorm, identify a thesis (topic) and how to organize thoughts into a research paper. I have helped many middle and high school as well as college students learn how to write better essays for written exams. I also serve as an essay rater for the California High School Exams. (read more)
...I have spent some time in industry working as a chemist at Chattem Chemical, Chattanooga and at the DuPont Experimental Station in Delaware as an Associate Investigator. As a graduate student I taught a lab class every semester and also tutored one or two students during the course of the semes... (read more)
...I learned the language through immersion through my travels and university studies in South America. After graduation, I taught English in Brazil for one year at the university level as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, a cultural and academic exchange program through the US Department of ... (read more)