I have always loved to learn. It is something that I find thrilling and satisfying. I have been tutoring for almost ten years now. I have worked with students ranging in age, skill level, and grade. Tutoring became a huge part of my life when I started college. I was asked to be a Supplemental Instructor by my cellular biology teacher. He loved my passion for science and my attitude toward others. I fell in love with the having my own students who came to me for clarification. I discovered that I have an innate ability to explain subject matter and to target where a student is confused.
I am usually contracted as a math tutor. I struggled with math as a young child and up into my teen years. Although I struggled, I worked hard to understand the subject and that is the key factor that I attribute to my skill as a math tutor. Math was not something that came easily, therefore I can relate to my students who come to me bewildered by the foreign language of math. I am able to predict where students will have difficulty based upon my own recollection of where a subject was difficult for me.
The other subjects I tutor are ones in which I feel confident and pertain to my goal to become a professor of science with a PhD in marine biology. My passion for science has provided me with an extended background of knowledge in biology and chemistry. These subjects are ones that I am excited to share with students. I become animated when explaining science and make the learning process fun for the student while I get them involved in absorbing the material.
My ultimate goal in life is to be a teacher and tutoring is a way to build my teaching skills.