...I took Music Theory at "Cornell University" in a music department that provided great background in Classical music which consisted of a heavy amount of composition-work but obviously also included comprehensive General Music. This followed my years of study of Music Theory at "Suffield Academy"... (read more)
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...I find it very fulfilling working with students to not only help them gain confidence and get ahead in their studies, but to also instill a passion for learning and understanding, which I find serves them far beyond just the classroom. I am a big proponent of learning by doing - throwing huge am... (read more)
...This showed in increased test scores and student confidence! I taught Trigonometry as a part of the Algebra 2 curriculum during most of my tenure as a high school math teacher. I pride myself on making complex topics easy to understand and present them in a way that makes the most sense for the student. (read more)
...Prealgebra involves strengthening adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing of fractions, signed numbers, decimals. These operations need to be excellent to be prepared to have a good foundation for the study of Algebra in the future. Precalculus includes the study of functions and their graphs on the coordinate plane. (read more)