Woodstock Math

I've been a teacher at one level or another most of my life. I've done a lot of different things, and now I'm retired. I believe that although not everybody can be Charlie Epps, everybody can do high-school and college level math if it's presented correctly. The trick, as I see it, is to see math as a language for posing and solving problems, not as simply a practical tool. Not even a hammer is useful if you don't know something about how it's made and why it works.

Sorry, my practice is limited to high-school and college students; algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, probability, statistics, and real college-level stuff. I have no training for teaching -- and doubt my aptitude -- for teaching younger kids.

I have a Ph.D. in mathematical economics from the University of Wisconsin, and, more recently, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Northeastern Illinois University. I've taught at DePaul, Washington State and Wisconsin, among others. Now, as I said, I'm retired and, frankly, bored.

I'd like to help you.

I'm retired; I've done a little of everything over the years -- Army service, teaching economics, practicing law, playing in a band. Even though I'm old, I have a brand-spanking new M.S. in Math from Northeastern Illinois University.