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WHY I TEACH

Since 2009, teaching has been part of my lifestyle.

I started as a peer-to-peer tutor and continued tutoring, teaching, and helping others understand complex concepts each year while pursuing degrees in environmental science and chemical engineering.

During my engineering career, I always had a student or two to watch their success blossom.

In 2020, I responded to the needs of students in my local community and discontinued my engineering career. Since then, I have worked with hundreds of students in over 50 subjects across all disciplines and fields.

I've been fortunate with the relationships I've had over these years. My students would summarize my teaching style in this short and simple phrase:

A fun and effective practitioner.

Education is an investment in students and stakeholders alike. That's why I've committed to two distinct pledges in my teaching:

My pledge to students is to make our sessions fun and effective so they can transform from surviving to thriving in any subject.
My pledge to stakeholders is to take care of the worrying about their student's grades so they can focus on their careers, businesses, and lifestyles.

If you're curious about how I can make life easier for you and your student, let's connect.

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HOW I TEACH

My teaching philosophy is broken down into 7 simple keys:

#1: Relational Approach

All teaching is built on a firm foundation of a solid relationship with my students.

No matter their interests, motivations, and personalities, I get to know my students personally to relate content with maximum resonance.

Learning more about my students has always made me a more effective teacher.

#2: Application Orientation

I always look for applications within each subject taught.

With history, we deduce trends to predict where our society might be going.
With math, it's about understanding how numbers affect outcomes.
With science, it's about understanding and predicting nature with greater certainty.
With ELA, it's about being a more effective communicator to get what you want.

Everything has an application if you're creative enough to get outside your comfort zone.

#3: Subject-Matter Expertise

Understanding the nuts and bolts of every subject I teach is crucial to giving my students a multi-sensory approach to understanding it.

Since 2009, I've worked with students on these subjects almost a dozen times and have found new insights and applications to everything I teach. As a result, I've built an infrastructure of notes and insights in each subject listed.

Additionally, #6 Infinite Curiosity further enhances the ability to go deep and wide into many subjects.

#4: Robust Infrastructure

My students are successful, but not because they are solely book-smart.

I also teach them to build an infrastructure for themselves, where they take full ownership of the subjects they study. We collaborate to fine-tweak and adjust this infrastructure through our meetings.

This infrastructure enhances their success with me and serves as a fishing pole for them to fish for themselves in future classes and professional endeavors.

#5: Adaptable Teaching Methods

Every student learns differently. The number one reason why a student struggles in the classroom is because the way the material is taught is misaligned with a student's best learning methodology.

Unfortunately, teachers in large classrooms have no control over this and can't be put at fault for not adapting to a single student's learning style.

Luckily, I teach in much smaller settings so that I can do this easily. After all, I have more fun with my sessions when I see my students make accelerated progress.

#6: Infinite Curiosity

Going deep and wide into many subjects is not for the faint of heart. Infinite Curiosity serves as the fuel to my intellectual engine that becomes part of my students as well.

Infinite Curiosity enables me to connect the dots thoroughly in many subjects and gain insights that would otherwise be missed.

Some questions I've answered include, but are not limited to:

Can trigonometric principles determine who will win in the next conflict?
How does learning about literature shape how we write in the business world?
How is math objective if it was created with subjective minds?
Can mastering psychology enhance your chances with connecting with difficult neighbors?
What principles of computation can help you avoid falling for a scam?

#7: Continuous Improvement

The world changes and evolves around us at almost a dizzying pace. What worked in 2019 may not work today.

As a former engineer, I harness the principles of Continuous Improvement to enhance my teaching, subject-matter expertise, and application of subject matter to the real world on scales large and small.

In my teaching, I emphasize these principles to cultivate the Growth Mindset in each student.