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Kevin: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...the most important part of tutoring is understanding each individual's needs and learning methods. Everyone is different and to be a successful tutor, you cannot apply the same teaching methods to every student. Understanding how quickly students learn, what types of strengths they have, and their motivations for receiving tutoring is key to helping a...
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Georgetown University - Current Undergrad, Finance
Abigail: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...reading level were aimed at students much younger. In order to keep him engaged, I had to get creative. We would practice reading comprehension using the sports section of the newspaper, and did short creative writing exercises. I learned a lot about how to get students excited about subjects that at first seem intimidating or...
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University of Chicago - Bachelor in Arts, Classics
Matthew: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...social justice, novel mathematics education, and increasing diversity in STEM majors and careers. Currently, I am working on a thesis in discrete geometry and combinatorics, as well as doing research for UCSF where I design machine vision software. I am well positioned to motivate and justify nearly every aspect of math education as being crucial...
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SFSU - Bachelors, Philosophy/Mathematics
SFSU - Masters, Mathematics
Cody: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...and even teaching SAT prep courses. My students find me very relatable, and I've heard from several students that having someone close to their own age work with them has been really beneficial to their learning. I look forward to working with you in the future! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions...
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Massachusettes Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Edwin: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...tutor high school and college level mathematics and SAT/ACT preparation. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, the subjects that interest me the most are calculus, college level mathematics, and test prep. I have a calm, adaptive tutoring style. I revise my tutoring strategies to fit each student's unique traits and I believe that...
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University of California-Los Angeles - Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics
Simon: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...direction of an Earth Science for my Masters in several years. After completing the extremely competitive Southwestern Advantage internship this past summer, during which I worked 80 hours a week selling educational aids and study guides to families, I have been left with a desire to continue positively impacting young people through education.
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University of California-Santa Barbara - Bachelor in Arts, History
Hannah: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...them achieve success. I love spending that extra time to rethink and reframe material in a new and exciting way so that I can meet my student where they are and get them to the place where they strive to be. I think its incredibly rewarding to have the opportunity to impact a students life...
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University of Southern California - Bachelors, Sociology
Allie: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...I believe in rigorous analysis of students' specific roadblocks to understanding, as well as positive encouragement and inspiring interest in the subject matter. Together, these approaches open the space necessary for real learning. I strongly believe in the transformative importance of learning, and strive to communicate that passion to my students. I have extensive experience...
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Williams College - Bachelors, Mathematics and English
Joshua: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...strong connection to all the subjects I tutor. Because I am studying science, I am most passionate about physics and math, but I excel in every subject I teach. Throughout my life, I have had many wonderful opportunities that resulted from my excellent education. It is important to me that my students receive an excellent...
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Oberlin College - Bachelor in Arts, English
San Francisco State University - Master of Science, Physics
Paul: Atherton tutor
Certified Tutor in Atherton, CA
...are an ocean. Ryunosuke Satoro. Im passionate about Ocean Conservation, Marine Exploration and protecting the environment. I've worked hard to become a better teacher and mentor. I recently completed my Masters degree at Utah State University as an Environmental Engineer. I love working with students and get them interested in science and maths, especially chemistry!
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University of Melbourne - Bachelors, Chemical Engineering
Utah State University - Masters, Environmental Engineering
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Atherton, California, is located in San Mateo County. The population is approximately 8,000. The city is located approximately 30 miles from San Francisco, and is just minutes from shores of San Pablo Bay.
Menlo-Atherton High School is located in the Sequoia Union High School District. Just five miles away, and located in the same school district, Summit Preparatory Charter High School is ranked among the top 15 schools in the state. The High School is located in Redwood City. Private Atherton tutoring, either online or in-home, is a great way to get supplemental, custom-tailored instruction to help with your course or test prep. Online and in-person Atherton tutoring might help you stay on top of your test prep. Located 30 miles away, San Francisco is home to several top colleges and universities, including San Francisco State University, Golden Gate University, and the University of California, San Francisco. Private instruction and test prep from tutors in Atherton, CA, through either online or in-home tutoring, provide the best chance to get into elite schools.
Atherton is home to five local parks for residents to enjoy. Holbrook Palmer Park features a carriage house available for rent for special occasions. The house was built to represent a barn building from the 1800s that was destroyed by a fire in the late 1890s. Outside the carriage house, the grounds feature a 22-acre garden, ball field, tennis courts, playground, and walking paths. The park grounds also feature a Main House and pavilion. The Main House is often used for weddings and features a large meeting room with fireplace, two small rooms, and a full kitchen. The building also has a large covered, brick porch. The Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center is located in the nearby city of Menlo Park and offers a theater with seating for over 400 people. Atherton is host to a National Night Out event, promoting community togetherness and safety education. Residents join together for a fun night of food, games, and children's activities. There is also a petting zoo, bounce house, face painting, helicopter rides, demonstrations by the police department, and safety education lessons from the local firefighters, first responders, and police officers. The goal of the evening is to encourage crime prevention and safety in the community and educate children on safety practices.
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Today we discussed transformation of exponential functions for graphing and simplification. We also discussed simplifying complex polynomials into a reduced form. The student would like to meet again next week Thursday to practice more.
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The student had received a quiz she had missed problems on. The teacher allowed them to correct their quizzes, so the first part of the session we spent making corrections. Then we worked a few more problems similar to the ones she missed. Then we looked over problems from prior sections (triangles, polygons) in preparation of her next quiz. We also worked on proving why two interior angles of a triangle add to the third exterior angle, because that was important to understand and use in her practice problems.
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The student and I reviewed concepts of function domains and inequalities in preparation for his quiz Friday. He was very solid on the material, but his understanding broadened and deepened through the session. He has a very intuitive sense of the number line, and we worked with a new method to use it to easily and quickly solve quadratic inequalities. He is a geometric thinker, so we worked very well together. I am excited to keep working with him, as his ability to understand the connections between algebra and geometry will develop into a creative mathematical instinct.
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Today, we assessed and reviewed the student's understanding of biological macromolecules in preparation for her upcoming quiz. The lesson was begun by discussing macromolecule concepts broadly and honing into specific concepts in depth. Alongside, worksheets and problem sets were provided so that she can organize learned knowledge, concepts, and skills onto paper for added memorability and for future reference. As the lesson was discussion-centered, we continually exchanged questions, insights, and connections in order to strengthen her understanding of key biological principles as well as applications that would be tested in her course.
She performed very well, and we discussed strategies for enhancing her content learning abilities. She also received a 97% on her last exam, an improvement of over 30 points from her previous! She is encouraged to do lots of practice to apply the content learning she has achieved.
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We covered law of sines and cosines as well as finding the area of irregular triangles using Heron's formula for SSS and a different formula for SAS. The student got a 93% on his most recent test, so he has improved dramatically.
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Tonight, I had the student write an essay using all of the mechanics of essay writing. His essay writing has improved. We finished our list of target vocabulary words for the ISEE test. We continued with the distributive property, and we worked on sentence completion.
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