I am a certified math teacher and have tutored all grades of English and Mathematics for five years.
I am given to quote a famous dictum of Jaime Escalante: "Calculus does not need to be made easy; it's easy already." Or, as one of my old music teachers, the legendary Eli Fontaine, phrased it, "Everything is easy once you've got it down."

I emphasize helping my students build a strong intuitive understanding of the mathematical material they are given. Once these intuitions are put in p...