Sutton's SAT, Math, And Science Tutoring.
About
Having recently gone through the college admissions process, I know the stress brought on by AP classes, standardized tests, and deadlines. Through these struggles, I learned how to organize efficient learning schedules to achieve stellar academic goals. I make sure to take each individual case into account, setting realistic short and long term objectives, creating a realistic study plan that focuses on results. This is most easily seen on standardized tests (as you get a literal score), but also through demonstrations of knowledge beyond typical school coursework.
I am currently a UC student doubling in Computational Physics and Mathematics-Economics. I am well versed on all three sections of the SAT, with a 1580 and 8/8/8 (24/24) taken in 2019. I am also familiar with high school and AP level Mathematics and Physics, but also English and Psychology. I know what needs to be known because I just went through it, and I know how to know it all.
I greatly enjoy teaching, taking inspiration from Feynman, notoriously brilliant for being able to teach high-level physics to lower classmen and beyond. I think the US education system suffers in encouraging individual excellence. However, the internet offers a way of going beyond what is expected. Resources like Khan and MIT OCW fueled my middle and high school years, and remain a prominent source of my academic knowledge, even today. I believe utilizing these resources in combination with targeted learning objectives is the future of academic excellence, and it starts from a young age. Whether it be teaching English to non-native speakers or mathematics on the SAT, I enjoy showing people the beauty, simplicity, and efficiency of self-directed, online learning.
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Frequently asked questions
What is your typical process for working with a new student?
Establish some clear objectives, a time frame, and a brief diagnosis of what sort of knowledge the student already has. Any sort of learning habits are also good to know, but besides that I think it best to start with what the students know the most, building upon that knowledge.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have always enjoyed teaching, particularly due to Khan's success and its impact on me in middle school. I do not have any formal training, just passionate about what I learn and like to share it. It may be strange, then, that I chose this to answer this question-but I have a different idea of training:
Quentin Tarintino is famed for saying that he didn't go to film school to learn to make movies, he went to films. This analogy is not great for a host of reasons, but I think mine a similar philosophy nonetheless. Oftentimes professors have difficulty conveying information to their students because they take all their knowledge for granted; they study things built upon other things built on the foundation of these subjects for which they have no interest. I maintain that if I cannot explain something that I learned in less than ten minutes, I do not know this thing. I have therefore amassed all the knowledge of my peers, but also the ability to explain it, as it is a condition of myself considering it knowledge. This process of learning and teaching I believe as allowed me a much greater depth of appreciation for the things I learn, but also the ability to convey that to others.
Describe a recent event you are fond of.
The privatization and nationalization of our Space travel, recently displayed by the SpaceX/Nasa team from the Falcon 9. I believe it to be a new age of Space pioneering, a field I hope to one day enter into.