...I learned Perl from the first edition of Larry Wall's camel book "Programming Perl." Thirty years later, I continue to write Perl scripts to manage software builds and releases. As a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard in the early 90s, I wrote a lot of the glue-code for our protein folding research group, and all of the glue was in Perl. I've also written a Perl-based java-to-c++ translator. (read more)
...My number one goal is to make math seem intuitive to you. With the right person (me), and with some time, there is no math concept (at least those taught at the high school or DP level) that can't make sense! I am completely qualified to do anything from help you with your homework, to give you a set of problems that will help you prepare for a test you have coming up in a few days. (read more)
...This is a subject I am teaching nearly constantly. I have had incredible results with students who went from being so far behind to getting an A on their final. I am a voracious reader and scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT Verbal as well as the SAT II English test. (read more)
...This included an emphasis on statics and understanding how physics concepts interacted with mechanical design. I believe that building a solid understanding of the fundamentals and directly connecting those fundamentals to test-style problems is critical to success in topics that can otherwise seem daunting. This approach also allows students to make real progress at any level. (read more)
...I hold a BS in Computer Science and an MBA. In college, I taught math and computer science as a teaching assistant. In addition, over the years I have done one-on-one math tutoring to middle-school and high-school students. (read more)