Hi, I'm Johnny, an incoming freshman at UW who is majoring in applied mathematics. I have always been a very strong math student throughout my childhood, but I became passionate about tutoring math starting my sophomore year of high school, so much so that I regularly volunteered my time to tutor 8+ high school students one on one in AP Calculus and Pre-calculus concepts afterschool through calls I organized. I ended that year with a 5 on the AP Calculus exam and took this passion in helping...
Hi, I'm Johnny, an incoming freshman at UW who is majoring in applied mathematics. I have always been a very strong math student throughout my childhood, but I became passionate about tutoring math starting my sophomore year of high school, so much so that I regularly volunteered my time to tutor 8+ high school students one on one in AP Calculus and Pre-calculus concepts afterschool through calls I organized. I ended that year with a 5 on the AP Calculus exam and took this passion in helping my classmates into my junior year, providing free support for students in pre-calculus, AP Calculus, and AP Physics, and then becoming a year-long AP Statistics teacher assistant my senior year. My experiences providing support to students after school or even just my classmates during class time have helped me develop my philosophy of patience, empathy, and understanding that has allowed me to work with a large variety of different students coming from different backgrounds and levels of understanding.
I care deeply about the way I approach tutoring students. I am a firm believer that every student can become proficient in math, and so I am always patient and willing to explain concepts multiple times and in different ways. I am always making sure students are able to follow along and not feeling left behind, so I always ask questions of understanding to check if a student understands. It's totally okay if a student doesn't understand something fully, as we'll go over the topic again to gain a better understanding. I am extremely willing to tutor elementary and middle school students, as I have a very strong foundation in elementary and middle school math, and am looking to gain experience tutoring younger students as well. I recognize that as a young aspiring math teacher that I am still very much learning and trying to improve, but I can promise that I will always bring a level of empathy to my approach in teaching and try my absolute best to make math feel approachable to every student.
