I'm a graduate from an Ivy League college with a degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in electrical engineering. Even though, aside from when I worked at a teaching assistant while getting my masters in mechanical engineering, I don't have teaching background, I have always enjoyed tutorin... (read more)
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...I am a full-time high school physics and engineering teacher, and have both taught and tutored in high school math and chemistry as well. Trigonometry can often seem like a list of abstract and incomprehensible equations to be memorized; in reality, it's based on some key spatial relations and p... (read more)
...I work from the idea that all of these exams are based on interpreting written material rather than a test of formula memorization. I have a masters degree in medieval studies, am ABD for a PhD in history, and have taught history on the university level for seven years (from ancient history thro... (read more)
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