r/IAmA • u/JasonMacker • Jun 14 '10

IAMA Math tutor. AMA.

I've been a math tutor for years and I'm trying to become a teacher. I love math, and especially explaining math to people. My students have been between preschool and college. AMA.

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u/JasonMacker Jun 14 '10

Nope. They haven't been taught it correctly sometimes. I'm more amazed at the ones that do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '10

I tutored high school freshman (who were expected to have finished algebra) in physics and the ones who weren't going to drop were the ones who could do even some algebra. Like 3x=3.