...Upon graduation, I received Departmental Honors in English. I attended a very competitive private high school in the Metro Detroit area where I took AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, and AP Composition. I scored above the 85th percentile in the English, Math, and Writing sections of the ACT. (read more)
...I love teaching, since I hold the view that it is an activity that goes both ways: you learn as you teach. I've been a university lecturer in the past for 2 years, and also tutored undergraduates at prestigious institutes including Cornell and Penn State, the latter being my alma mater. Most of my teaching has been at the classroom scale, with at least 8-10 students present. (read more)
...I understand how some students are homeschooled so that they can slow down or speed up the work load, and I am able to adjust my teaching style to their individual preferences. For the past three years, I have also taught online classes for a distance learning program, and all of the students are homeschooled. I have a master's degree in Linguistics and earned a 4.0 GPA. (read more)
...I taught Solar System Astronomy as an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Community College for three years. I took eleven years of classical piano lessons. I played piano for three years in jazz band. (read more)
...There was a theory that my professor presented to us and I think it is true in a class like this, you can have all the time in the world but if you don't understand the concept then there is no point in giving a student 1 hour or 20 minutes (yes my exams were 20 minutes long). I want to help tuto... (read more)