...I love working with kids, and I'm available to tutor elementary school students in any subject area. I have experience working with both elementary and middle school students and have tutored them in subjects as diverse as math (including geometry and algebra), English grammar and spelling, biol... (read more)
...Of course, to do that, it's important to first address what exactly the source of the problems is. My many years of experience as a tutor have given me the tools to glean a lot of information from what my students say, and from what they don't say! In a way, each student is a puzzle to be solved: how they think about the concepts, what the best way to teach them is, how I can motivate them. (read more)
15 Subjects: includingGeometry,Calculus,SAT Math,ACT Math
...In school, I devoured every math course offered and rapidly progressed as high as possible in my secondary school education. It disheartens me whenever I hear students complain that "math is too hard" or that they see no practical purpose. The faults lie in how the curriculum is taught; traditional practices are no longer effective in reaching today's students. (read more)
...For other subjects we can discuss tools to help student feel confident and organized.I have been using Excel for many years (and before that, lotus 123). My latest project used several pivot tables to summarize about 8,000 lines of data. This allowed us to check whether we needed to gather more... (read more)
...I also specialize in helping older students and those with learning disabilities. Academically, I have done my higher education at Harvard, MIT, and Cambridge University. I have a third-degree black belt in tae kwon do and have trained with the South Korean military. (read more)