...I was very wrong. I first took Calculus my second year of high school, and I remember it as being quite a paradigm shift from all the math I knew. There was a moment taking the calculus series that I realized I wasn’t solving for some “x” anymore. (read more)
...For Elementary and some Middle School math, depending on your student’s needs, I can help with schoolwork and homework using the school’s books or use other materials. For younger students, I believe in manipulatives and games to build number sense, as well as textbooks and workbooks. For Algebra onward, I work primarily with the school's materials and look for supplements as needed. (read more)
...Later, I used those same skills in a math tutoring program I helped set up at my high school through our school's chapter of the National Honor Society. I eventually majored in mathematics at Rice University, where I was an academic fellow, tutoring students in college-level mathematics, among o... (read more)
...Ultimately, I teach students the finer points of critical thinking and problem-solving that will benefit them in the real world they will face after graduation. I am currently teaching Geometry at my local High School. I am quite familiar with the typical curriculum pacing. (read more)
...Science curriculum have come a long way since the traditional biology-chemistry-physics sequence when I was in school. Now physical science attempts to teach it all as a basic foundation first and I find that most students just don't have the time to ask the questions they need to master the con... (read more)