Derek - Maths teacher - Arlington
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Derek - Maths teacher - Arlington

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Derek - Maths teacher - Arlington
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  • Algebra
  • Arithmetic

Experienced tutor in Mathematics in Arlington, Derek offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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About Derek

My Bachelor's Degree (for which I graduated in the top 10% of my class) in philosophy means that I'm always willing to answer the question "why?". In fact, I was so good at answering "why" questions that the University of Kansas' philosophy department awarded me their Warner Morse Prize for History of Philosophy with a cash prize (I was simply shocked that philosophers had money to spare). In college, I was a supplemental instructor for a political stats class (I have another degree in Political Science) that focused on group activities for learning. Additionally, I am a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves and I serve as a Civil Affairs Officer, though in the past I have also been an Engineering Officer. During my Engineering training, I served as my class's Academic Officer responsible for helping my struggling peers with their coursework (a role I took on despite not having a degree in Engineering). I have tutored for over 500 hours with 20 students (primarily for the SAT), and believe that knowledge is always worth pursuing. I have tutored math (up to calculus 1, including statistics, geometry, and algebra), grammar, critical reading, writing, and Spanish.

When I first began tutoring students, I'll admit I had mixed feelings about it. However, this changed once I had a student look up at me from a reading passage and say "this could all be nonsense and I would have no way of knowing." At that moment I realized he was critically thinking and the impact I was having. I enjoy teaching students how to think rather than what to think, as that is a skill that lasts a lifetime. Although the thing I enjoy most is sparking a student's curiosity and seeing where it takes them. Answers to questions are rarely conclusive, and I love to motivate students to pursue these questions to their heart's content.

I started teaching in the Fall of 2016 as a Supplemental Instructor for an undergraduate political statistics course that I had finished the previous spring. It was here that I first learned that just because I understand the concepts doesn't mean that I'm able to explain them to others. I still enjoyed helping others learn though, and so when I arrived at an Engineering Course for the Army and they needed volunteers to be the academic officer, I stepped up and got experience teaching material that I had recently learned. After graduating from this course, I continued my streak in education by serving as a full-time SAT tutor for one year where I helped 32 students improve their SAT scores. 



I have tutored for over 500 hours with 20 students (as of writing this) as an SAT tutor with a tutoring contractor, and have decided to venture out on my own. Prior to that, I was the academic officer in the Army for an Engineering unit and I helped teach a class on political statistics while in my bachelor's program. 

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In my first session with students, I like to discuss expectations and goals to understand what they hope to get out of tutoring. After that, we create an action plan to achieve those goals with a clear timeline established.



High school students make up the majority of my students, though I've also taught other K-12 students in addition to undergraduates & post-undergraduates.



If you're a student with a genuine passion to learn the material at hand, don't feel bad about discontinuing sessions with a tutor if you don't have a connection to them or if you feel like you're not improving in the areas you need to. I would recommend giving a tutor 3 or 4 sessions to get a sense of what a working relationship with them entails, and if after this you aren't certain it is beneficial then consider re-starting your search.



I absolutely love when students get passionate about the material we're discussing. In fact, one of the freedoms I enjoy from tutoring is the occasional indulgence in a tangent of the subject matter at hand. I really enjoy fostering students' curiosity to go beyond what I'm teaching them, and I find that this indulgence accomplishes this.



A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
Is the help you need ends based or means based? That is, do you need help with something specific/to achieve a certain result, or do you need help with how you're approaching a subject/discipline for a more holistic understanding? 

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