"So why am I qualified to teach quite a bit of Math, as well as basic physics and chemistry to high school students and students in their first college courses? Well to start with, I was trained as an engineer, with BS degrees in general engineering and mathematical and computational sciences. I took this degree and worked for NASA for a number of years, then in Silicon Valley for a few more years. That more...
"So why am I qualified to teach quite a bit of Math, as well as basic physics and chemistry to high school students and students in their first college courses? Well to start with, I was trained as an engineer, with BS degrees in general engineering and mathematical and computational sciences. I took this degree and worked for NASA for a number of years, then in Silicon Valley for a few more years. That only says I know the subject matter. It's also important to be able to explain it. As it happens, I've been teaching high school and college students in these topics for more than a decade now. I like it, and I tend to get pretty good results. I particularly like it when we can take the time to make sure the student not only understands how to work through a problem, but why the process works, and what it means. To walk through a proof or so that a student understands is to me more worthwhile. I would rather have a student understand where one formula comes from than have them memorize three or four different ones without knowing what they mean or why they are true. This takes time, and time is not always available, but the knowledge gained lasts longer.
A bit more about me: I live in Altadena, in the hills at the northern edge of Los Angeles. I'm a big fan of Sci Fi and graphic design. If you have questions about space or what it's like to work on a medical emergency team - I can tell you about that too." less...
