Yuanmin Ouyang

Hi. I am Yuanmin. I graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science. After that, I went to graduate school at UC Davis and graduated with a Masters in Structural Engineering.

Math was always my favorite subject in college. During my time as an undergraduate, I was a math tutor at Berkeley City College Learning Center. There, I tutored precalculus, calculus and elementary statistics weekly for one academic year. I also often tutored my younger cousins on their math homework during summer breaks.

In Graduate school, I studied structural Engineering. For one semester, I was a grader and assistant for my professor on students homework. So I was able to have some experience tutoring.

Math is an interesting subject because it requires one to really think and understand. Thus, I believe that if my students want to be able to solve math problems independently after tutoring session, they will need to think and prepare to ask a lot of questions before and during the tutoring session.

During the tutoring session, I would encourage my students to try to understand and I would guide them through understanding the specific problems they have difficulty with. When they see similar problems again, they will be able to solve them.

Here is a fun quote of the day.

Mathematician, William Thurston once said, "Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding."

Please let me know if there anything I can help!

If you are unsure if I can help you with certain topics or exams, please feel free to contact me to check. Thank you!

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