...My career aspiration is to become a surgeon and currently have an interest in orthopedics and neurosurgery. In order to ensure trust and credibility, I attended STEM Early College at NC A&T State University, an high school where I finished the main high school courses during my first two years a... (read more)
...After this informal tutoring experience, I became a Teacher's Assistant for Honors Biology during my final year of high school; I was given the opportunity to help students understand and study content both in and out of the classroom. From the second semester of my first year to the present, I ... (read more)
...I use real-life examples, which is precisely the goal of the Common Core standards. I have taught high school English for 25 years. I am one of those people who actually enjoys diagramming sentences, and can explain why something should be written a certain way. (read more)
...I will be glad to work with the classroom teacher to target concepts the student needs to focus on or to work on upcoming topics. I try to break mathematical processes into easy to understand step-by-step lists so the students can practice independently on their own even when they are not with me. I love to see students get that "light bulb moment" where things just click for them. (read more)