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James M.

James in Santa Monica

Santa Monica, CA (90403)

Travel Radius 15 miles
Hourly Fee $35.00
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Learning is hard work, but it can also be fun. The harder, and more prepared both the student and the tutor are for the session the more productive that session will be. My greatest strengths are computers, electronics, and mathematics, but I am also a huge history buff, and my English Language skill are impeccable. I was a high school math teacher for a year and a summer school but was laid off, due to budget cuts, I'm sure that you've heard of those. I find I like tutoring better though. Tutoring is more about knowledge and learning, not about classroom management. By the way I also have a great sense of humor.

James's Subjects

Math:
Science:
  • nutrition,
  • psychology
Art:
English:
  • ACT Reading,
  • English,
  • grammar,
  • literature,
  • proofreading,
  • public speaking,
  • reading,
  • SAT reading,
  • SAT writing,
  • vocabulary,
  • writing
Test Preparation:
  • ACT Math,
  • ACT Reading,
  • career development,
  • GED,
  • SAT math,
  • SAT reading,
  • SAT writing
Computer:
History:
  • American history,
  • classics,
  • criminal justice,
  • European history,
  • government & politics,
  • social studies,
  • world history
Special Needs:
  • phonics
Elementary Education:
  • elementary (k-6th),
  • elementary math,
  • elementary science,
  • grammar,
  • phonics,
  • reading,
  • study skills,
  • vocabulary
Business:
  • business,
  • career development,
  • marketing,
  • Microsoft Excel,
  • Microsoft PowerPoint,
  • Microsoft Word,
  • public speaking
Corporate Training:
Homeschool:

Algebra 1

I was an Algebra I teacher in the LA Unified School district, but the district does not practice what it preaches. Good learning comes from good, appropriate relationship building but you can't build a deep relationship with you students if you have 140 students per semester to deal with. Tutoring is the answer. I greatly prefer it to teaching.

Microsoft Excel

Excel is really one of the most amazing pieces of software ever written. It lays raw almost all of the power of a modern computer without making the user need to learn computer programming. Each cell is symbolic of a piece of memory in your computer. Each can hold text, numbers, or formulas, and once they are filled out, they can be sorted, and filtered, imported and exported in really amazing ways. I can show you how.

General Computer

My first computer was a model called the TI-99 4A. it had 16 kilobytes of random access memory or RAM. The computer that I am typing this on laptop computer that has 3 megabytes, roughly 3 millions bytes of RAM, and it is connected to a world wide network of billions of computers. Computer and electronics technology has proven to be one of the most useful, and important things ever invented. Computers, in their varies forms, will soon be embedded into almost everything. Anyone with out an understanding... Read More

Geometry

I got a huge A in Geometry when I was a sophomore back in High School. I love this subject. I think I missed maybe 2 points out all tests, over the whole year. Geometry is very logical, very consistent, and very beautiful. We learn how to classify shapes, angles, and lines. And we learn to find the measure of far distant parts of one figure, based only on a few scraps of information from another part of the figure. The rules keep us safe to do this, as long as they are memorized and followed properly... Read More

Prealgebra

Prealgebra can be fun and easy. As the name implies it is a critical subject to learn if you would like to prepare to learn Algebra I and II. Did you know that California State Universities requires a passing grade in Algebra II for entrance? Did you also know that passing Algebra I greatly increases you child's chances of getting a full diploma? Please let me open the door to higher education for your child. The world is so much more beautiful when you can see more of it, understand more of it,... Read More

Java

Java is amazing. It is based on the standard language C++, and is rapidly becoming the base for many other languages and technologies in it's own turn. It is the bases for Android, the cell phone and tablet language, and it is the bases of processing, and many web page games. Hire me and I will take you through an amazing journey learning an amazing technology. I have basic electronics and computer knowledge as well. So, I can tell you not only what the rules of Java are but why the rules exist... Read More

English

Ah, the English language, if you live in an English speaking country, then there is no difference between good thinking, good reading, good speaking and good writing. Your teachers and the world will judge you by the quality of your writing. Your power to understand the world will largely depend on your ability to read great books and to understand what you have read. Please allow me to help you to perfect your powers of expression, and understanding. Hire me as an English tutor for you or your... Read More

HTML

I first leaned HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, in about 1996. It is an amazing and complicated system. On it's own it is highly useful, but it is the "delivery" language of of powerful super computers like the ones at Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, and Ebay. It is designed to be combined with technologies like JavaScript, PHP, Java applets, Adobe Flash, and Photoshop. I know all of these. I can pick you up where you are and take you a long way towards becoming a masterful web programmer.

SAT Math

If you are planning to go to college then the SAT is probably the most important test you will take in your life. Almost every college looks at your SAT scores to determine whether or not they will let you into their college. Direct test preparation has been proven to improve scores. Make sure that you brush up on your subject matter but also get good test taking strategy tips. Here is one for free: "Don't sharpen your pencil just before the test. A pencil that is a little bit dull but still usable... Read More

Elementary Math

I tutor elementary math starting with small Lego bricks, which I bring myself. All of math basically grows out of counting. We seek to answer, for sure, and exactly, the questions of how much, or where, or when? Almost every mathematics break down comes from a lack of strength in a more fundamental skill. I make sure to start correctly and to start slowly, and then move quickly if the child is ready. I am incredibly patient and understanding.

Theatre

I have a bachelor's degree in theater from CSUN. I graduated with honors back in 1992, so long ago. I love Shakespeare, musicals, drama and comedy. If you want to get over stage fright, learn how get involved in the world of the play and forget about what the audience thinks. At CSUN I was involved in an intense program called Ensemble Theater. In this one year program a group of 14 student actors did pretty much everything to produce two professional grade theatrical productions. In our case... Read More

Computer Science

Like most people who are good with computers today, I started learning about computers at a very young age, 11. I am 43 now, and my love affair with computers and technology has never ended. My first computer was incredibly under-powered by today's standards. It could barely put color of any kind on the screen. Now, I own a Windows 7 touchscreen that is able to reach out to the whole world. I can program in about 6 different computer languages, and did computer programming for Ticket Master and... Read More

Logic

I took symbolic logic in College and scored an A. I am also an embedded systems programmer, so I work with logic gates and strict patterns of reasoning all of the time. If you have no one else, I am sure that I could help students studying logic.

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