...Thus, practice in some of the old methods can be useful. I'd be excited to help students find a way to use their own strengths and talents to work through subject areas that seem hard. Using my teaching experience and work in the library, I would enjoy the one-to-one work time with kids to get to know them and help create a good path to learning. (read more)
...I try to build the student's confidence to bring them to the point where they are solving a problem on their own with minimal handholding. PhD in Theoretical Physics, NYU, 2021. BS in Mathematics and BA in Physics, UChicago, 2015. (read more)
...No, I don't expect to do this with every student, no worries! At home I have, via Dish network, the Italian channel, so that I can be abreast of Italian and other international news. I usually travel back home once a year for a month and I speak my mother language daily, so that I can keep it fluent and current. (read more)
...In subjects like math and science, learning to reason in a logical sequence is foundational for developing mastery. I graduated Highschool earning a 4 in the Calculus AB AP test and a 790/800 in the math section of the SAT. Then, in college, I tutored college General Chemistry students and high school math students in a one-on-one setting either in person or online. (read more)
...Often in a classroom, time does not allow for the close one-on-one interplay that tutoring provides. I think that the tutoring atmosphere removes the distractions and unnecessary interruptions and burdens that come with living in a large classroom; tutoring returns the focus to a much more conce... (read more)