Award-Winning Geometry Tutors in Millcreek, UT

...understanding instruction is paramount to a students success. I am very patient and caring, and I take a sincere interest in my students. I consider myself to be a well rounded person, and have many interests outside of my academic field. I enjoy literature and theatre, and I love to travel and see and experience...

...taken many different forms over the years. I have taught Advanced Wilderness Medicine techniques to physicians in the Netherlands, educated Kenyan villagers about proper self-care and hygiene, taught water polo as head coach of the local High School girls water polo team, and volunteered as a teacher's aid in local elementary schools. I enjoy working...

...subjects, especially when entering high school, I had to change in mindset of what it even means to BE a student. Standardized tests, subjects that I just didn't get, and all these other educational obligations had me perplexed. I was lucky enough to acquire a great tutor of my own who helped navigate through my...

...over two years now, both privately and through colleges. I worked in the Math Lab in Salt Lake Community College and I also worked at the University of Utah as a Supplemental Instruction Leader for Math 1050. I just graduated from the University of Utah with my bachelor's in math and a minor in psychology....

Teaching has been a passion of mine for years. Helping my friends and my previous students succeed has been very rewarding to me, and I am excited to use the skills I have gained to help the students of Varsity Tutors. I believe gaining a strong academic background will help all students achieve their goals.

...they finally understand the material and realize how fun learning is. I believe education is one of the most important gifts in life and that everybody should have the opportunity to be educated. One day, I hope to become a professor. "The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows." -Sydney Harris... "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -Maimonides

...pursue engineering, so I tend to think of tutoring as a type of problem solving. Not only am I helping the student solve their homework problems, I am also figuring out the reason the student doesn't understand the material in the first place. I also have always enjoyed the perspective I get from teaching. It...

...a tutor, I am careful to make sure that students are able to do problems on their own, without relying too heavily on memorization. Outside of school and work, I enjoy getting up in the mountains whenever I can. I especially like hiking, fishing, and backpacking. I'm also a huge nerd when it comes to...

...have a great fondness for mathematics and science, and love teaching both to students. When I teach, I won't move faster than you can handle, but I will try to challenge you to do better. We grow from solving problems and learning from our mistakes. When you study with me, you will learn not only...

...think it is extremely important for everyone to have (at least) a basic understanding of math and science as this helps us to better understand our world. I am greatly motivated to teach in a way that my students understand the fundamental principles and not in a way that they can merely get the right...