...I'm a former substitute high school math teacher. As a civil engineer and tutor, I have extensive experience helping students visualize geometric problems. I have previously taught and tutored 8th grade general math as well as ELL prealgebra. (read more)
...Mostly my working premise is that the student can learn the material. It is up to me to find a way of presentation that works with the student's background. I use the Socratic method a lot, asking the student questions and building on the response. (read more)
...Prior to their trip to Russia for a chess tournament, he taught high school students and their parents in Albuquerque the basics of the Russian language and some elementary tips about customs and chess in that country. Mathematics is a fundamental part of his work as a physicist and engineer, it... (read more)