...I have over 4 years experience teaching high school math as a licensed teacher in North Carolina. I have the most experience teaching Algebra 2, Geometry, and AP Statistics (intro stats courses are essentially the same), and I also taught Algebra 1 and Precalculus. I worked as an engineer prior... (read more)
...One of my tasks as an advance reader is to point out any typos or grammatical errors in the unfinished drafts. Additionally, I was an editor of my school newspaper, thus I have had a lot of experience proofreading and editing. I speak to students and observe them working on school work in order to help them with their study skills. (read more)
...At Duke, I developed curricula to teach a year of material in three weeks. I have ample experience, therefore, in teaching a wealth of material concisely and effectively.As a mechanical engineering major, I have completed extensive coursework in math. I also competed in math tournaments in high school. (read more)
...The most common question I hear is, "Why are we learning this?" or "Why is this useful?". I've found most of my students learn the material better if you give them an application for it. Its not tested though so standard schooling tends to gloss over topics like this in favor of time but I feel like it is nearly as important as the material itself. (read more)
...Though I focused primarily on violin in middle school, in high school my interests became split between violin, orchestrating/arranging music, and music composition, so much so that I eventually chose composition as my major. While studying at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts,... (read more)