Elaine H.
- Menlo Park, CA 94025 ( 15.6 mi )
- Desktop Publishing Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 10/2010
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $51.00 to $55.00 /hr
- Also Tutors: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel
Read More About Elaine H...
I believe that an effective tutor must have the ability to inspire students to explore new concepts and to discover their own modes of understanding, while also providing a strong anchor in the fundamentals of the subject matter. No single explanation of a physical phenomenon, grammatical structure, or mathematical problem will make sense to everyone and it is the challenge of the tutor to work with each student to discover how they can best understand the material. It's an exciting challenge, and I hope to encourage in my students the same curiosity and passion that I share for learning.
As an engineering graduate student at Stanford University for the last 4 years, I have seen firsthand the importance of developing a strong background in mathematics, the sciences, and the humanities. Prior to graduate school, I attended a liberal arts college that focused on technical rigor, b ... read more