Experience Summary
I have been teaching since I started college. I taught in the tutoring center at SIUE as a freshman. Since then I have taught a wide variety of classes at Lewis and Clark Community College and St. Louis Community College. I also have had students that I have tutored for many years until they moved off to college. Even then I sometimes was called for tutoring when they were back home. I also have helped with middle and high school math contest teams
Teaching Style
I listen intently to what students ask to decipher their level of understanding. I wish for the students to truely understand and not merely mimic. Math is thinking. Too often I see people who at first are struggling with math treating it as a mimicing subject. Some repetitive practice is needed, but understanding prior to the repetition is better.
My Hobbies
I am a long distance runner. I do yoga. I enjoy drawing and painting. I am trying to learn guitar. I like to travel. I knit and crochet. I like to garden. I have many interests.
Other Comments
I am an altruistic person who loves to help people who wish to learn no matter their level of initial understanding.