...When teachers explain something in class they assume that the students have a certain knowledge about math based on what they learned in previous years. If a student is lacking in a certain area of what they are assumed to know, they won't understand the new topic, and it creates a snowball effe... (read more)
...I thrived in my algebra and calculus courses in my High School back home in Pennsylvania. In college, I took a basic college algebra course (MATH 111) and received an A. At the University of South Carolina I have a tutoring job with the Student Success Center where I tutor MATH 111, MATH 122 (business calculus), two accounting courses, and a computer applications course. (read more)