...I have worked with students with varying types and levels of learning disabilities. I have a bachelors in Biological Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh. While attending university, I specialized in paleopathology. (read more)
I am currently in my third year of my mathematics degree at the University of Pittsburgh, where I have passed all of the core math classes in the major including the entire calculus sequence, a course in analysis, and linear algebra. I received 5s on both AP Calculus exams as well as a 5 on AP Phys... (read more)
...And once the "why" and "how" of the subject are understood, good grades and test scores will follow naturally. I am very patient with others, and I can easily explain concepts in multiple ways until they sink in for the student. For solving specific problems, I am inclined toward the Socratic method of teaching, asking questions in order to guide the student to the correct ideas. (read more)
...I received As in each of theses courses, and I tutored in Biblical Hebrew I. My mother is deaf, and I have three deaf siblings, so my first language was ASL (American Sign Language). I interpreted for my mother and siblings often in conversations between them and hearing people, and sign languag... (read more)
...My undergraduate thesis "Nietzsche’s Critique of Kant: The Revaluation of Values" won the award for the most distinguished work in the field of aesthetics. Currently I am a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. I have taught philosophy both as a TA and as an independen... (read more)