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John T.

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Hourly Rate: $95
Response time: 26 minutes

About John


Bio

I moved to Sunnyvale after accepting a job at a startup here developing new battery materials, and have been working at Bay Area startups. I came up here from Pasadena where I worked as a post doc and staff scientist at the California Institute of Technology. I have a PhD in Physics from Dalhousie University with many years (1000's of hours) of experience teaching high school and university level physics in a one-on-one or group setting.

I am here to help with physics and calculus...

I moved to Sunnyvale after accepting a job at a startup here developing new battery materials, and have been working at Bay Area startups. I came up here from Pasadena where I worked as a post doc and staff scientist at the California Institute of Technology. I have a PhD in Physics from Dalhousie University with many years (1000's of hours) of experience teaching high school and university level physics in a one-on-one or group setting.

I am here to help with physics and calculus assignments or test prep and have experience teaching at all levels, including AP courses. I teach by using specific problems or examples from textbooks, class handouts, or packets and use that as a launching point to further explain broader concepts or ideas.

I have a deep understanding of the fundamental principles of physics including Newton's laws, work and energy, conservation laws, electricity and magnetism, waves, circuits, etc. and can convey subject matter in its most simple form.


Education

Dalhousie University
PhD

Policies

  • Tutor’s lessons: In-person
  • Hourly Rate: $95
  • Travel policy: Within 15 miles of Palo Alto, CA 94303
  • Lesson cancellation: 0 hours notice required
  • Background check passed on 11/27/2017

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Reviews

Very good and related well

Related well to my son. Keeps on track and focused on what we asked him to go over with our son. Looking forward to future sessions and my wife and I can stop trying to relearn physics in order to help him.

Steve, 2 lessons with John

Excellent tutor

My daughter had several college-level Physics lessons with John. He is an approachable teacher and covered all questions and topics in a clear, concise manner. John was very flexible and accommodated all of our schedule/needs. We definitely recommend John.

K, 7 lessons with John

Deep understanding of concepts

John is knowledgeable and has deep understanding of Physics. He is patient and a very good teacher. He fully explains the process of solving problems so that my son can fully understand the concept.

Julie, 21 lessons with John

Excellent tutor

He is calm, knowledgeable and patient. Easy to schedule and work with. He has a deep background in physics and more importantly teaching physics at multiple levels. I am confident my daughters will master HS physics with his help.

Nellis, 5 lessons with John

John is the BEST!

John has greatly helped my son with AP-Physics which he was struggling. John's enthusiastic teaching and support has given my son a renewed interest in the subject, on top of gaining much better understanding of the subject. He always looks forward to working with John. We can't thank John enough and highly recommend him.

Tomoko, 5 lessons with John

Superb Tutor

Very knowledgeable in Physics and knows the materials inside out. Very patient and a good coach. My son enjoyed the lessons with him very much. He is big in theory and explains the basic understanding well to the student.

Ann, 5 lessons with John

Knowledgeable and patient

John is very thorough with our Highschool junior, with a comfortable easy to go over AP Physics and getting him up to speed after switching from Honors. Happy we found him!

Nicole, 5 lessons with John

wonderful tutor

He is really nice, patient, and knowledgable. I tried different tutors before, and he is the best. I got more than I expected. He explained a few different ways until you get this. The best tutor in physics.

Sandy, 5 lessons with John
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