...I have embraced the role of a teacher and leader simultaneously by providing continuous and ongoing mentoring to my students and everyone I work with in the field of education. Toward that end, I'm glad to join the teaching staff of Wyzant.com as I bring my perspective, scholarship, leadership, ... (read more)
...I aced my undergraduate genetics, microbiology, and upper level biology courses, and have excelled in these courses in medical school. I tutored microbiology at my undergraduate institution, and acted as a teachers' assistant for the genetics course as well. I scored in the 78th percentile when... (read more)
...If someone I am tutoring is stuck, I will always try to guide them through the question, so they are able to come up with an answer by pulling in their prior knowledge. I also believe pulling in topics that students already have a basic knowledge about can make the new ideas and lessons much les... (read more)
...I believe every student can succeed by learning how to use the resources around you. This is why I taught a freshman seminar titled Making the Most of Michigan this past year. Engaging with incoming college students and teaching them how to be resourceful gave me new insights to tutoring. (read more)
I'm currently a senior at Central Michigan University; My major is sociology with a criminal justice concentration, and I'm minoring in Leadership and Substance Abuse Education and Prevention. As a senior, I've been able to prefect my study habits to ensure my success in the classroom, this is prov... (read more)