...This approach builds confidence in the student, allowing them to find their own solutions, rather than relying solely on methods taught in school. I have been teaching students Algebra since high school. I have a unique teaching style that emphasized understanding over memorization. (read more)
...I hope you're as excited as I am to get your math scores up. If you hate math, I promise a session with me won't be torture. Outside of my studies, I am a baseball player and the head of the Admissions Council at my school, speaking and panels and giving tours. (read more)
5 Subjects: includingAlgebra 1,Calculus,Algebra 2,SAT Math
...Next, since you are not writing, you cannot 'show your work.' But to take it further, I will not let you 'show your work' even in articulating your solution orally, either to me or to yourself. Why not? Because 'showing your work' prevents you from short-circuiting the steps that at some point in the past should have become trivial. (read more)
...After graduating from Swarthmore College with a BA in Latin and a minor in English Literature, I taught in a small college prep school for 5 years. I later went back to school and got a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) and worked as a Registered Nurse for a few years. I have 2 grown kids, one of whom is genderfluid, so I'm comfortable with queer and genderqueer folx. (read more)
...I have also tutored for the last 7 years with various ages, including middle school through high school seniors studying for their SAT. I think that all students have the ability to do well in mathematics with one-on-one tutoring. Some students just need the extra attention they cannot always receive in the classroom! (read more)