I was filling out a job application for the SLC (Student Learning Center) and I got all caught up in the "Teaching experiences" section! I ended up accidentally writing this biography
My experience starts during the finals season of Spring 2008: two friends of mine were studying Physics 8A and I had already finished my finals. They needed help so I tutored them for two hours on the chalk board. That was when I discovered I might be a pretty good a tutor.
In the summer of 2008, I posted myself as a private tutor on Craigslist. I tutored a few individuals here at Berkeley in Physics 8A again and Math 1A. I also tutored a young boy at his private residence in engineering concepts (He was a bit of a genius). My Math 1A tutee was a regular, and I worked with him about once a week.
For the Fall of 2008, I decided to find more stable job, so I found work at Mathasium in Oakland where I acted as lead instructor for a room full of kids (Grades K-12, primarily in the Grades 1-8 region), and I stayed there for a semester. It is there that I learned that controlling children and teaching are not the same, so I left at the end of the year.
Just thought I'd leave this in here as a memory for my later life
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(only because blogs don't have a wall post to comment back on, i'll use this)
i agree with you wholeheartedly. you learn the most from those opposite you, from those you don't understand fully because they're so different from you.
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ahahaha i like that you made your own little biography after filling out that job application. damn dude, you did a lot of tutoring that i never heard about. we must talk more alvin!
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