...I'm going to be a proud WildCat, however I do want to mention I got scholarships to all of the 3 major instate colleges. I won first place at the Southern Arizona Science and Engineering Fair and Third place at the Arizona State Science and Engineering Fair for my project in Phytomining. I’ve taken up to Calculus AB and am currently finishing up a Calculus BC course. (read more)
...I have been tutoring professionally for over a decade. I have been tutoring since I was in high school and would help my fellow students in their coursework. Since then, I have tutored at all levels and subjects of elementary (K-8) and high school (9-12) education. (read more)
I take it as my motivation as a mathematics educator to provide in-depth explanations of content materials, and attempt to motivate why we learn the things we learn. Motivation is usually found in going through the 'back-end' of why certain problem solving techniques work, and why the assumptions w... (read more)
14 Subjects: includingPrecalculus,Calculus,Statistics,SAT Math
...It very important to me for students to feel comfortable asking questions and having their concerns about the topic validated. Math can be very confusing, my goal is help students understand the topic and feel confident about math. In my years of tutoring I have tutored many different types of students that have unique ways of learning or approaching problems. (read more)
...I know I've done my job, it just motivates me to continue that trend. "You know Mr. S . . . Math is kinda fun !" I would smile and respond sarcastically like "Ah haaaa ! I thought you said you hated math . .Why the sudden change of heart?" You know why? It is because I teach through the perspective of the struggling student. (read more)