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Matthew U.

Economics tutor and Winning Basketball coach

Oakland, CA (94610)

Travel Radius 15 miles
Hourly Fee $80.00
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Hi! I'm an honors economics graduate from UC Berkeley specializing in macro and micro economics as well as intro economics courses.

I've had the opportunity to work with Obama economic advisor Professor David Romer for my honors thesis, serve as an Economist for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and as an Economic Consultant for Deloitte.

I also have two years of teaching experience as a top English instructor in South Korea's largest English academy Chungdahm Learning.

Economics is a way to analyze the world. I hope to simplify the economic principles so that my students can develop an intuition to logically answer any question they may find in their courses.


Basketball:

I am currently in my first year of coaching basketball. I love it! My National Junior Basketball (NJB) 7th and 8th grade team is currently the top ranked Palo Alto team. I love coaching kids and have a natural ability to connect with my players.

Recently I've received praise that I'll always cherish as a bball coach:

A player's mother told me that of all the coaches her son has played for, including current NBA player Jeremy Lin, I was by far the best coach in her son's opinion. She told me that this season was the first she's ever seen her son get "pumped up" to go to practice.

My team has fun playing together and improving. I am very involved in practices and enjoy getting a workout by playing with and challenging my players first hand.

I teach basketball fundamentals with an emphasis on shooting mechanics and offensive and defensive positioning.

My basketball background:
- 20 years playing experience
- 2 years HS Varsity
- 3 years head counselor at John Ward's basketball camp in Santa Barbara

Matthew's Subjects

Math:
  • algebra 1,
  • prealgebra
Computer:
  • Microsoft Excel
Language:
  • Spanish
Elementary Education:
Business:
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Homeschool:

Economics

I graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a degree in Economics. For my honors thesis I applied Labor Economic theory towards the NBA to analyze pay and performance trends of free agents who sign long-term guaranteed contracts. I am currently working to be a sports economist for an NBA team.

I have experience tutoring undergrads and MBA students in Micro and Macro econ. My most rewarding experience was helping one of my students with no econ background, turn around from a C to... Read More

Study Skills

I have been fortunate to have picked up good study habits from a young age, which allowed me to excel at all stages throughout my education career. I have worked with elementary, junior high and high school students preparing to make the transition to the next level. From my experience I have found that the greatest obstacle in achieving success is actually a mental hurdle-- either believing the material is more difficult or complicated than it actually is, downplaying their own abilities, or... Read More

Basketball

I have over 20 years of basketball experience, playing and coaching at all levels.

As a player, I've had the opportunity to play high school varsity at Bishop Diego HS in Santa Barbara, playing and learning coaching methods from 30 year coaching veteran John Ward (multiple Tri-Valley league champion, one of Santa Barbara's most winningest coaches, and Michael Jordan Camp head counselor). I have also played on several intramural basketball teams at UC Berkeley, both on men's and co-ed... Read More

Business

I have an economics degree from UC Berkeley, where I also attended the Haas School of Business undergraduate program. Part of my education experience included a semester at the Copenhagen Business School, where I focused on Entrepreneurship and Pricing theory. Professionally, I worked as an international tax consultant for Deloitte, an entrepreneur, and as a venture capitalist. I am well versed in financial statement analysis and have taught myself how to analyze companies on paper and how to... Read More

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