Andrew's Tutoring Blog

Here is a page that I made for WyzAnt!

http://www.wyzant.com/help/science/chemistry/chemical-properties-of-matter

From my experiences in tutoring, I have come to realize that one of the biggest struggles for the young students in math is understanding fractions. When they see a fraction, they would rather leap off the Brooklyn Bridge than attempt to understand what it means. In their defense, fractions are one of the more complicated subject matters in mathematics. It's difficult to understand how to do things with regular numbers; why do we have to learn everything again with fractions...AHHH!

A specific example I had with one student struggling with fractions was placing them in order from least...

Economics is a fragile and often overlooked subject matter. It effects every one of our lives, whether we want it to or not. Will we have a house to sleep in, can we afford college, what are we going to eat tonight, do I get that 42 or that 56 inch TV?

Sadly, even though every person's life is influenced by our economic state, a surprisingly small amount of people understand it or even care about it. I feel obliged to enlighten those who want to understand and compelled to spark an interest for those who have no care.

I like to explain economic theory by utilizing an analogy. Economic...