"I specialize in working with students who underperform due to emotional issues preventing them from achieving academic success.

Yes, I will become 83 years of age in 2025. But what this means is that I have personally experienced much of the failure which life can bring, and have learned how to successfully overcome that failure. If I teach your student nothing more than this, then we will have already succeeded. Unfortunately, the price of my age comes with mobility issues, which is why I prefer to tutor remotely by using the excellent Wyzant web utility.

The greatest barrier anyone faces which prevents academic success is disbelief in his (or her) ability to learn. If a student does not believe he will succeed, then he will not. He or she must learn that with hard work, successful learning will come. (The most rewarding students to work with are those who have given up on themselves and on their being able to learn. While these are among the most difficult students, once they begin to believe in their own worth and abilities, their progress will accelerate like a rocket during launch.)

I have worked with students of all ages, and from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. For three years I worked with international students from aged 4 through 18 in both Malaysia and Indonesia. Also, I served four years as an instructor in a special middle school program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The only students permitted were those who had been determined to be at risk of dropping out of school. For each year that the program operated, my students measurably increased their math and English scores two school years for each one spent in the program. We also outperformed every other participating school.

If I meet your student’s needs, please feel free to write me here." less...