...I have many stories to tell and examples that I can relate to the use of mathematics in real life. This helps my students better understand how to do math and apply statistics, but, more importantly, why math and statistics are important. While I try and make my teaching/tutoring as accessible as possible, and try to avoid mathematics jargon, I do have high expectations for my students. (read more)
...I was able to witness a large variety of teaching strategies and I found that there is not a single strategy that works for every student. When the college employed me as a math tutor, I was able to take advantage of this philosophy by remaining adaptive to each and every student that came to me... (read more)
...I expect students to be willing to put in the time required for mastery of trig. I have worked with students preparing for both SAT and PSAT test for many years. I want the student to relax, look at the test as a game and see how a few tricks can help. (read more)