...My greatest reward in teaching is watching my students succeed. My students do succeed. With 36 years of experience teaching secondary mathematics, I continue working with both students and instructors in the classroom. (read more)
To quote the Muppets, "We Built this City on Rock and Roll."My name is James Sisson, and I teach music and engineering classes. I have been a Public School Choir Teacher for two years, all while teaching private music lessons on the side. Similarly, I have tutored math for four years, and am furthering my knowledge on the subject, and more, by pursing a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. (read more)
...I then start looking at problems and go over them slowly, explaining every detail of every aspect of every step. Then I find a similar problem and involve the student in its solving. We do this over and over until I am satisfied that the student really understands. (read more)
...In my schooling, I was the student who knew algebra I by 6th grade (but took in my 8th grade year), took algebra II and trigonometry from 8th to 9th, and completed all math up to calculus II (taught at the college level) by the 11th grade. From there, I moved on to complete courses such as multi... (read more)