Daniel P.
- Middleton, ID 83644 ( 24.8 mi )
- Physics Tutor
- Male
- Member Since: 05/2009
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $40.00 to $45.00 /hr
- Also Tutors: Sociology, Psychology, Life Science, Earth Science, Biology
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When teaching mathematics, I believe that over half of my job is social skills. Calming my students down, easing their frustration, and making them feel comfortable is over half the battle. It isn't that mathematics is too hard for most people, it is just too frustrating for most people. So my job is to set my client at ease and to create a learning environment. Once that learning environment is created, teaching is easy.
I have worked with difficult students. One, who we will call John, has Autism, Schizophrenia, and vomits when upset. It was my job to teach John how to count money. After trying a variety of methods, we eventually found that learning in traditional environments was too stressful for John. So, we played Monopoly. People had been trying to teach him to count money for months, maybe years. Three weeks after I started with him, I took him to Walmart with a ha ... read more
