Alan R.

• Gainesville, FL 32609 ( 23.7 mi )
• Experienced Chess Tutor

• Male Age 29
• Member since: 05/2014
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $15 to $30 /hr
• In-Home
• Also Tutors: Math, Pre-Calculus, Physics, Chess, Calculus II, Calculus I

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Chess is one of my top subjects!

Hello, my name is Alan Reyes. I am a 19 year old college student attending the University of Florida for a BS in Physics and Astronomy. I have been playing chess for 5 years and have placed first in my section in the Jacksonville Open and two years running in the Sunshine Summer Opens 2013 and 2014. I also placed first in my section at the 2014 CFCC Tornado in Orlando. I am currently rated USCF 1705, based on 24 games. At the local Gainesville chess club, I can easily play with Class A players, and am considered among their ranks.
I am particularly looking for younger students, ranging from completely new to chess or the beginner looking to make advancements to the next level. I am prepared to offer the student plenty of my time and dedication; I will teach them the rules, standard opening theory, endgame theory, tactical concepts, and of course strategy in the middlegame. I will p ... read more

Varun C.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 12 mi )
• Expert Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 11/2012
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $15.00 to $35.00 /hr
• On-line In-Home In-Group
• Also Tutors: Typing Skills, Study Skills

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Experienced, Patient, Versatile Tutor

have been tutoring for many years. I tutored students of Math especially. All my students,passed their tests successfully, with no exceptions. Moreover, they all left me equipped with good problem-solving tools that have served them in their future careers. I am sensitive to the specific strengths and weaknesses of each individual student, and I expect the maximum from each. It will be fun working together. But it will require effort. I deeply believe that success earned by sweat is the most important gratification in one's life. Usually the student's motivation for the tutoring is the desire to succeed in a test. But I understand the learning experience as a long-time investment, from which the student will continue to benefit throughout life.

Erica M.

• Hawthorne, FL 32640 ( 21.5 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Female Age 38
• Member Since: 02/2015
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $15.00 to $35.00 /hr
• On-line In-Home
• Also Tutors: Writing Skills, Typing Skills, Homework Help

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I love to learn and help others learn too.

I graduated from Brooke Point High located in Stafford, VA in 2004 with a 3.0 GPA. I attended Northern Virginia Community College for a year studying basics. I attended Virginia College for a year studying Criminal Justice. I now am attending Full Sail University for a Bachelors Degree in Game Design.

Amanda O.

• bronson, FL 32621 ( 9.7 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 08/2009
• Will travel up to 30 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $52.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help

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I love helping people learn. I like to find a way that helps them remember things, which sometimes mean making a game out of studing. Studying has to be funin order for someone to get anything out of it.
I have recently earned my BA degree from the University of Florida in the field of Health Science. I have future plans to go to graduate school to become a Physicians Assistant, which will take me 2 years to complete once I get accepted. I am in the process of finishing my application now. I have great study habits seeing as I graduated with honors from UF.

Kyle O.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 13.7 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 08/2007
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $37.00 to $48.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help

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A Little Bit About Me...

I enjoy guiding pupils through the journey of “ah-ha” moments. That initial expression of joy and true understanding is my fuel for teaching. Whether old or young, I believe everyone is more than capable of comprehending any form of information, if presented in the correct fashion. It is my job, as an educator, to find creative approaches to teach my students. Any failure on their part, if they put forth a strong effort, is a direct correlation of the failure of the teaching method, and ultimately the teacher themselves. I don’t enjoy failing; so, the only acceptable solution is success!
Throughout my schooling, I’ve been very driven towards academic excellence. Because of my successes, I skipped 1st and 12th grade to begin college as the youngest freshman of the year at Carnegie Mellon University. I completed 2 years of Industrial Design, and Rapid Prototyping Engineering ed ... read more

Pruthu P.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 14.3 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 09/2006
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $37.00 to $41.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help

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As a microbiology student, I have taken rigorous courses in the sciences as well as math. The laboratory classes that accompany the science classes also provided first hand knowledge and the ability to write research papers and lab reports. This along with my passion for chemistry let me to take a position at the University of Florida Teaching Center. I first started teaching as a math tutor but then I was moved to a chemistry position. I have also held a tutor position when I was a peer mentor to students in an introductory chemistry class. Also, my work through Big Brothers/Big Sisters has allowed me to focus on my tutoring skills.
My teaching style is very specific to each student I tutor. I try to tailor my thoughts so that any student at any level in the subject can understand me. At the teaching center, the focus was to help guide the student to get the correct answer and not ... read more

Melissa M.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 14.3 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 08/2007
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $37.00 to $43.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help

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My teaching style embodies a combination of individualism and structure. Before I teach any subject, I dissect the topic to get to the fundamental root that may cause difficulties in learning. I break down the problem into a simple nature so that students can understand the logical reasoning of how to solve any problem. I believe that everyone has a unique learning style, so I use a flexible approach to better help students discover beyond just the right answer. Instead of just giving a student a few steps to memorize, I emphasize understanding why the solution makes sense, so that they may solve any problem regardless of their memorization abilities.
I will be graduating from UF this fall semester with a degree in marketing and mass communication. Although I am young, I have had some experience in teaching, as I have worked as a tutor during the summer. I have also served as a tu ... read more

Sergio I L.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 15 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 11/2007
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $38.00 to $49.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help

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Although schooled in the Communicative Method in second language acquisition, my teaching styles are varied, fluid and dependent upon the individual student and subject. Along with patience, understanding will create an environment conducive to learning.
A BA and an MA in French provide me with the knowledge. Experience as a former teaching assistant and as a current online tutor give me the skills necessary to teach. Writing numerous papers in both French and English taught me the mechanics involved in language. I use all of these insights to enrich students' prospective experiences. In addition to reading and writing, I also tutor math up to Algebra II.

Erik D.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 15.2 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 02/2007
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $36.00 to $44.00 /hr

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My teaching style is largely based on my learning style. I am a very fast learner and I decipher the big picture and the essential concepts of a subject or problem before looking into the details.
While in business college, I am constantly tutoring fellow classmates and peers. Tutoring is very rewarding to me because I can be a part of each student's success.

Arjun G.

• Gainesville, FL 32608 ( 15.3 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 02/2006
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $36.00 to $44.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help

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I am good with all ages. My ideas in physics, math, statistics and wildlife are very concrete. I am a visual person and do most of my teaching with real world examples. I believe that students only grasp concepts when they see things and relate situations into real life examples that they have experienced in their life. Helping a student get excited about the subjects I teach gives me tremendous joy.
Coming from an industrial engineering background, I have all the necessary math and physics skills to train students at the high school and early college level. A major career shift to modeling nature made me acquire new knowledge of biology, ecology, and, of course, much more math. I have been on field-work for a long time, and I've trained several people in sampling techniques. I am currently teaching wildlife population ecology to undergraduate students at the University of F ... read more

Faisal R.

• Ocala, FL 34430 ( 15.5 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 12/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $46.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Study Skills, Homework Help, Continuing Education

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Through my years of tutoring I have learned there is no single teaching method that works for every student, but every student can be successful if you personalize your teaching method for them. Whether they need visualizations, analogies, straightforwardness, etc, I find what works for my tutees and build on it. My students’ successes make me proud and I strive to give my best to them.
I am a recent graduate from Johns Hopkins University where I majored in mathematics with a concentration in chemistry. Over the past eight years I have tutored and taught continuously in many areas of math, chemistry, physics, and SAT. I have helped students succeed on both the high school and college levels, and have given students exposure to the field of medicine by working as a teacher at the National Student Leadership Conference on Medicine.

Christopher W.

• Gainesville, FL 32605 ( 16 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 05/2010
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $41.00 to $44.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing Skills, Study Skills, Homework Help, Continuing Education

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I believe that good teaching, like quality learning, comes with hard work. Having had the chance to see students grow with time, I have learned that patience, respect, and having fun are the best ingredients for a productive and positive learning experience. Often times, having a positive mentor can be that major difference in a student's life, and to that end I believe that tutoring is about more than just academic learning, but also about building relationships and learning essential life skills.
Although my chosen field of study is history, my passion is for education and learning. While earning both my Bachelor's and Master's degrees, I have acquired an essential skill set for working in the academic world, which includes excellent writing, reading, and critical-thinking skills, in addition to a proficiency in Spanish acquired through years of classroom study and travel in L ... read more

Scott M.

• Gainesville, FL 32603 ( 16.1 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 03/2009
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $39.00 to $42.00 /hr

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I am generally flexible, seeking to find what works best for a particular student. My wife and I once hosted a French teenager with the understanding that I would teach him a series of English lessons during his stay. It quickly became apparent that his language skills far exceeded the pre-planned lessons, so I instead developed new lessons on the fly. I try to make sure my students thoroughly understand the central concepts of a subject by showing them how it works and why it matters. After they have that grasp, I try to move on to less important but more entertaining areas. This method helps the student to care about a subject, and want to continue to learn after our relationship ends.
I have worked as a substitute teacher in a wide variety of subject areas, and have volunteered as a tutor for some time. However, since beginning a PhD program at UF I have done neither. Though mo ... read more

Grant C.

• Gainesville, FL 32607 ( 16.3 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 05/2011
• Will travel up to 5 miles
• Rates from $54.00 to $61.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Typing Skills, Study Skills, Continuing Education

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I love seeing people understand something once I explain it to them in a way that they can understand it. I also love working with kids and teenagers because I believe that if we have a positive influence on young people they will grow up to be the leaders that our nation needs. My teaching style is geared at making people think. Students don't learn when they are spoon fed their education but when they are lead in the correct direction.
I am currently enrolled in the graduate engineering program at the University of Florida, in which I plan to graduate in the spring of 2012. I enjoy working with people and I have a strong background in numerical analysis. I have taken the GRE, ACT, and the SAT. Scores were high above the national average for math and at about the average for the written portion. I do have experience in writing research papers and laboratory reports, all in the fie ... read more

Diana K.

• Gainesville, FL 32601 ( 16.8 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 01/2011
• Will travel up to 5 miles
• Rates from $40.00 to $45.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing Skills, Typing Skills, Homework Help

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I graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelors degree in Neuroscience. This degree has allowed me to achieve a great understanding of the sciences. I have taken math classes up to Calculus 2 and a variety of science classes. In addition to this, I wrote my own thesis paper for a neuroscience laboratory that I worked in for two and a half years. This improved my writing skills, lab skills, and critical thinking skills immensely. In high school, I tutored after school calculus for a year while in college, I have tutored fellow peers in science and math classes in which they had difficulty.
I love teaching one on one because I believe that is the most effective way to teach one person. By teaching one on one, you can focus on the student's personal weaknesses and strengths in the subject and mold your lessons to their benefit. My teaching style involves showing lots of e ... read more