Lionel H.

About Lionel

Everyone's mind works at least a little differently, and the right way to learn is the way that happens to work best for you at the moment. That's my philosophy in a nutshell. If you know what you need from a tutor, I'm here to listen and work with you; I'm not going to push a different lesson plan on you. Yet if you're not entirely sure what you need, I can help there too. I have enough experience --- real-world and academic --- to bring a valuable perspective.

It also happens that I've been tutoring for as long as I can remember. Rarely as an occupation, mind you, but I've always loved figuring things out and helping others do so too. I was that kid that other kids went to for homework help; I enjoyed it and I'm very patient. I also try hard to listen and ask questions to help me understand what would move you forward. Some stuff you know and don't want to spend excessive time on to the detriment of what you're still figuring out. You can expect that even before our first meeting, I'll want to know of your background like that, so that I can prepare to be of help right from the outset.

I'm a professional software engineer, and there are many STEAM-related subjects that I'm happy to tutor --- examples include SAT/ACT plus AP calculus, computer science, and physics --- although I believe I have particularly useful experience in the areas of post-secondary test preparation and computers.

When I helped a friend get his GRE/GMAT test preparation company off the ground, my unique specialty was the *hard* test questions: Not merely solving them, but figuring out strategies to share with students. I also reviewed all teaching materials for correctness as well as clarity and I co-taught classes when I had time. I continue to help proofread the test prep book series they publish, and for that matter, I seem to be pretty good at finding errors in all of the other test prep books out there. I hope to soon help them branch into MCAT and LSAT preparation --- the latter I am particularly well-suited to tackling its notorious logic problems. Everyone's mind works at least a little differently, and the right way to learn is the way that happens to work best for you at the moment. That's my philosophy in a nutshell. If you know what you need from a tutor, I'm here to listen and work with you; I'm not going to push a different lesson plan on you. Yet if you're not entirely sure what you… Read more

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