...I completed my secondary education in India as an exchange student from the US and graduated as a Valedictorian, and the educational system there is very rigorous, which helped me raise my aptitude level in the STEM fields. I recognize the building blocks a student needs to achieve a high profic... (read more)
...I feel that it is important that students not only are able to come up with the correct answer, but also that they understand how they got to that answer and why it makes sense. Too often, students get very good at memorizing certain procedures without having an understanding of what they are ac... (read more)
...I can present the material in many different ways until we find an approach that works and he/she really starts to understand. Nothing gives me a greater thrill than the look of relief on a student's face when he/she actually starts to get it and realizes that it isn't as difficult as was previo... (read more)
...This means that even students who do well in high school math classes, even students in AP Calculus and Statistics can sometimes do poorly on the SAT. The test plays dirty, and many students are puzzled by the types of questions the ACT asks. That's why I teach my students more than just the math skills they'll need to answer the questions. (read more)
...During my nine years of higher education, I have served as a teaching assistant for college-level mathematics courses, including Calculus, Introduction to Proof-based Math, Discrete Mathematics, Abstract Algebra, Topology, Differential Geometry, Algebraic Topology, and Cryptography. My duties in... (read more)