1,844 San Mateo County Tutors

...I have taught in the Math and Computer Science department at San Jose State University for many quarters. I have also worked in the IT industry for over 20 years with many great companies in the Silicon Valley. I love teaching the concepts and practices I have learned from my training and work experience to my students. I have my MS degree in Computer... read more

...My experience is that many such students have troubles adding and subtracting fractions, and my first task with such students is to make sure that they have mastery of that kind of calculation. Much of my work with precalculus students has consisted of a thorough review of trigonometry, finite and infinite series and sequences, and analytic geometry... read more

...once you get something to click, and you just really understand it, there is nothing else to worry about. I am very personable and easy to get along with. I would love the opportunity to help students in any way that I can and enable them to succeed! I think I can tutor kids in study skills because my anatomy teacher in high school also had a huge... read more

I am working on my PhD in Classics from the University of Pittsburgh, while living in the Bay Area. I have received my Master's in Classics from UPitt and graduated cum laude from Pomona College with a double major in Classics and Geology. I have taught college-level Latin, semesters 1-3 as a TA and TF in Pittsburgh, as well as courses in classical... read more

...I teach students to write a fully developed academic essay beginning with issues of structure (logic, thesis, topic sentences, support, & transitions) and then moving to mechanics (grammar, word choice & punctuation). My interest in English developed in college, when I studied English Literature. Later, I went on to learn how to teach ESL. I love... read more