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Casey: Sugar Hill tutor
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...intricacies. I am an avid proponent of education because I believe that an enriched education is key to both personal and professional success. I believe that a tutor is a bridge between the student's potential and the subject matter. I believe in helping students become independent learners by fostering critical thinking skills through asking questions,...
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Bachelor in Arts, History and Spanish
Jeremy: Sugar Hill tutor
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...I love more than accounting? Many things, one of which is the opportunity to help others understand accounting. Whether you are taking a single accounting class or looking to make a career of it, I'd like to work with you at your level to achieve positive results. I am patient and attentive and am willing...
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Bachelor in Arts, Political Science and Government
Master of Science, Accounting
Abby: Sugar Hill tutor
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...admission essay prep, resumes, and paper editing of all kinds. I am here to assist you in anyway possible and help you grow as a student or professional! I was a tutor in college and love to find ways to apply the material to real life. I feel like making what you are studying applicable...
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Bachelor in Arts, Psychology
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Benjamin: Sugar Hill tutor
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...I'm able to help you with everything from sweating the details of speech and writing--say, to get your sentence-level grammar and syntax perfect--to developing your expertise crafting logically sound arguments or a unique and engaging narrative voice. I'll work with you to develop a learning plan that responds to your unique goals, talents, and needs....
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Bachelor in Arts, Communication, General
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Jeremy: Sugar Hill tutor
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...who has taught Organic Chemistry and General Chemistry I many times. I have also taught Introductory Chemistry to students who had never had chemistry before and also a General, Organic, and Biochemistry course for health professions. I look at chemistry as a set of skills to be learned, similar to learning a sport or a...
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Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry
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Bachelor in Arts, Foreign Language Teacher Education
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Sinéad: Sugar Hill tutor
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...I love adapting my approach to fit each person's unique goalswhether that means boosting a grade, mastering homework, practicing conversation, preparing for a test, or beginning an exciting new language journey. If you need custom practice or assignments, I'm happy to create them just for you! Beyond Spanish, I'm an experienced writer, performer, and former...
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Bachelor in Arts, Spanish
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At this session, we reviewed polynomial functions. The student in particular had questions regarding "holes" in polynomial ratios. We went through the conceptual meaning of these "holes" and then that some practice problems so that he could see how they work out in the material. We then did some drills to help him derive and recognize oblique asymptotes. The drills also contained some questions pertinent to horizontal and vertical asymptotes. I left him with a review sheet that contain information pertaining to these topics. The student feels like he is doing well in school.
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The student and I, at the request of his parents, spent most of our sessions working on an essay he has to write for acceptance into his high school. The prompt was to write about something that fascinated him or caused him to change his mind about something, so we talked about the kinds of things that most interested him. He indicated to me that enjoys learning about "differences," so I had him make a list of as many kinds of differences that he would be interested in learning about. I had him pick one and then write about it so that he could go back through it and develop it into his full essay. We finished by reviewing his homework, and I suggested a video for him to watch that supplemented information he was learning about the Louisiana Purchase.
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The student and I went over fractions and word problems during this session. I wrote out the problems for her to work on. For the fractions; we did subtraction, addition and converting to mixed numbers. She did great with these questions and knew the methods. With the word problems on calculating time, she needed a little more help at the beginning. After explaining some tricks with telling time and hours, she completed the questions confidently.
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During this session, we finished the remaining 4 lab reports for the course, including redox reactions, electrochemistry, and organic chemistry. The student was able to do most of the procedures before the session, which helped our efficiency in making it through the material. Now, our focus will be on the student's final four quizzes and two exams. Next session, we plan to review material for the remaining two exams (and associated quizzes).
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Today we started, as we always do, with a grade check. His lowest grade is a 76 in science. He indicated to me that he has difficulty with the tests, although the homework and labs are fine.
We first went over the verbs SER and GUSTAR in Spanish. We went over the conjugations and how to use gustar properly with the reflexive verbs attached to it at the beginning. We talked about how the pronoun refers to who is doing the liking and you use gusta when talking about one thing, and gustan when talking about more than one thing. I made a chart so he could visually see how it works, and then gave him a mini quiz to see if he could do it on his own, which he could. I was very impressed with his ability to take a concept, learn it, and apply it to a new situation so quickly.
The next thing we worked on was his English vocabulary list, which he has a test on Friday. We went over the words, definitions, and parts of speech a number of times, but what really helped him was relating each vocabulary word to something that he knew in his life (maleficent - Darth Vader). That helped him remember the words and definitions better the last time we went through them.
We then reviewed some math homework that he had dealing with equations with inequalities. He did well with those and just needed some help with graphing the inequalities. We also talked about his reading book for English, The Odyssey. He told me that it is difficult to read as it is written in the style of a long poem and with words he may not be familiar with. I gave him a link to a site with notes on the Odyssey so he can read the summaries and analysis to help his comprehension. He was willing to do whatever was needed to do complete his homework. He asked great questions and readily accepted any challenge or quiz I threw at him. Great job!
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We began session with the student's weekly reading prep, this time targeting humanities and natural science passages. Despite decreased active guidance, he is holding steady in both pacing and accuracy with the section (the science-related passage remaining his strongest). Afterward, we concluded our unit on the writing section by reviewing the body paragraph he outlined for homework. All necessary parts of the evaluation and overall argument were present; my input was limited to suggestions on phrasing and transitions. We practiced developing a topic sentence for each section of the outline; as long as he has a solid outline to work from, I don't anticipate him having a problem organizing and introducing his topics properly. I briefly conferenced with the client family on next steps leading up to the December test, and the student agreed to schedule time for a full-length practice test before our next meeting.
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