Teaching Style
Open and flexible.Rule #1 is to listen to the student. Rule #2 is to teach the other the way I would want to be taught.
My preference in teaching is to first teach the student the practical side of things. Can the student perform the basic calculations for example so as to pass the exam. Once the student has developed a "gut level understanding", then I can move onto the more theoretical understanding of the topic, depending of course on where the student is at.
I try to make math relevant to life for math is a metaphor.