...My students ranged from beginners to intermediate players with a rating around 2000. Typical class topics are openings concepts, middlegame planning, tactical warfare, and so on. During these sessions, I also played practice games and sometimes variant chess games with my students both for entertainment and practicing purposes. (read more)
...My philosophy is to help students become critical thinkers and to understand content rather than rote memorization. Each session is tailored to the student's needs and highly individualized. I have taken many of the AP classes in high school, including AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Psychology, and AP Chemistry, and scored a 5 on each. (read more)
...I teach differently than others because I put less emphasis on passing the test, getting good grades, and getting the right answer and more emphasis on learning the material and engagement. My students always come back to me with questions whether they are philosophical or out of curiosity with ... (read more)
...Mathematics has been my favorite subject since I was very small. While this subject would bring terror to most of my classmates, I always considered it fun. When I was at High School I won first place in the National Math Exam of my home country (Greece).
Later on, even when I specialized and e... (read more)
...Over the course of my career as an educator, I have learned to acknowledged and leveraged for future success. Today, i have several clients with ADHD who, through their efforts in our work, have improved their academic performance and organizational skills. Genetics are a required knowledge base for medical students. (read more)