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The summer is definitely a time for relaxing from the stressors of school and assignments, but it's also a time to reflect where you are academically, what you want to accomplish in the next school year, and what strategies you can use to improve your overall school performance. So have some fun, enjoy your family time, visit with friends, travel etc, but also make a personal commitment to get organized, prepare a reasonable study schedule, and learn some additional test-taking skills so you look great on paper as well as in person.

The words that many of us DREADED hearing when we were involved in our own primary and secondary school education: SUMMER SCHOOL. With summer upon us, many familiar things will be happening; some families will be traveling to visit extended family and friends; some children whose parents share custody may be traveling to spend time with the other parent; and even, those who can't afford travel in these challenging times, will have extra opportunities to just "hang out" at home on the stereo, computer or game system, visit friends, spend the week with nearby relatives, sleep late, watch movies...

There are many situations where using parentheses during a calculation makes it tens times more likely that an error will not occur. A simple technique of always putting terms that are divided into parentheses, or especially while working with trigonometry always helps us understand which terms are actually being worked on. It is also very important when entering numbers into your calculator. The order of operations can only help you so far and let us not forget those annoying syntax errors than can eat up valuable moments during a test. One of things I have noticed is that students in earlier...

As the School year comes to an end, I want to take this time to thank each of my Awesome Students and Parents for the hard work and accomplishments these past few months. You have proved to yourselves that hard work does pay off! Your grades show the effort that you have put into your studies.

But don't stop here! Some of you I will continue to see this summer, some next school year, learning is an everyday process. Open your minds and learn from every experience. Hone your math skills as you shop, pick up a newspaper and read current events, organize your rooms and study areas so every...

Hello Everyone!

I'm just starting out my Tutoring Enterprise. I was a TA for 7 years, and I guess now I'm a TE, lol. I got my Masters in Physics from Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY. I got a BS in Physics from the University of Utah, with a minor in Mathematics. Soooo, I pretty much know everything ;) I have some of the cheapest rates on the site too.

Salt Lake Valley, I'm ready to be your Tutor.

Jason

This is my first entry, and thank you for reading!

Nice to meet you all :)

Somehow I am fascinated with words and languages.

I used to think that I may want to be a linguist and teach at a college somewhere.
But, I realized that I needed a lot of serious devotion to become a linguist.

So I shifted my career path to something a bit different.

My very first part-time job was a waitress when I was 18. It was good experience for me. I learned that making money is hard! But when I got a English Teacher Assistant job at Kumon in Japan, I still remember that I thought it was fun and something...

In recent years, about 100 countries participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The U.S. team has been consistently come out among the best of the best, winning the second place in 2011. It won the first place in 1971, 1981, 1986, and 1994; the second place in 1974, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2011; the third place in 1975, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2010.

Just like any Olympic game, the countries cannot be on the top without the strong participation by its citizens in the sports. With my many years experience in tutoring math,...

Hello WyzAnt! I am in Denver, Colorado until mid-August. I will miss all my students back in Houston - but can not wait to meet new students for some summer tutoring. Don't worry - I know that it can 'drag' having to do school work over the Summer, but I promise that I will make your learning as enjoyable as possible! Remember, the more you put into your studies - the more you will get out of school for a successful tomorrow!

Okay!

So, I haven't posted in a while, and it's best to keep updated, right?

Well, Spring 2012 semester, I took my first Education class at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

First things first ... they made us get an $85.00 state finger print clearance card that all teachers are REQUIRED to have, and that is valid for six years. If you want to see, let me know before hand.

Secondly, they made us all do 30 hours of service learning; that's working in a classroom, with students, under the guidance of the mentor teacher. I did my service learning in a first grade classroom (up to 44 hours...

After facilitating the learning of Geology with a bright and dedicated student, his father passed the following message:

"Juan,
We can't thank you enough for all of your help. Yes, we will let you know how the final goes. And the pleasure has been ours, you are a wonderful 'teacher'!!"

I can equally say, my student was equally wonderful!