Andy G.
Private tutor in Manila, Philippines
Education
BSc at Keele University, UK in Chemistry & Biology PhD at Liverpool University, UK in Chemistry & Biochemistry. My PhD was on the identity, analysis, synthesis of cancerous fungi living on old peanuts, and I solved all that.
Experience
I have been tutoring in chemistry for nearly 40 years, often to push good students with poor teachers into Medical Schools. Also Maths, Biology & Physics, for the same reason. We always did A level or IB, not the American system. I now live in Manila, Philippines, but I can teach by email etc. All is prepared. I also help dyslexic children, and those with mild autism, eg. Aspergers Syndrome. Those students who think they are not ever going to do any maths come to me and I fix them fast. That is always due to lazy teachers, lazy parents or lazy students, and often all three of those! I got a very high degree, but I never did an education course, because a good teacher only needs, energy, enthusiasm, animation and hard work. Nobody can teach you that. The PhD also did not help me to be a good teacher. I succeed by working hard and showing enthusiasm.
Subject Expertise
11th Grade math10th Grade math12th Grade math1st Grade math2nd Grade math3rd Grade math4th Grade math4th Grade Science5th Grade math5th Grade Science6th Grade math6th Grade Science7th Grade math7th Grade Science8th Grade math8th Grade Science9th Grade mathACT MathAlgebra 1Algebra 2Algebra 3/4ACCUPLACER ArithmeticACCUPLACER College-Level MathACCUPLACER Elementary AlgebraACT ScienceAnalytical ChemistryAP BiologyAP Calculus ABAP Calculus BCAP ChemistryAP FrenchAP German Language and CultureAP Physics 1AP Physics 2: Electricity and MagnetismAP Physics 2: MechanicsApplied MathematicsArithmeticASPIRE MathASPIRE ScienceBiochemistryBiologyCAHSEE MathematicsCalculus 1Calculus 2Calculus 3Cell BiologyChemistryCLEP BiologyCLEP CalculusCLEP ChemistryCLEP College AlgebraCLEP College MathematicsCLEP FrenchCLEP GermanCLEP Natural SciencesCLEP PrecalculusCollege AlgebraCOMPASS MathematicsCompetition MathDyslexiaElementary AlgebraElementary MathEnvironmental ScienceFinite MathematicsFrenchFrench 1French 1French 2French 3French 4GeometryGermanGerman 1German 1German 2German 3German 4GiftedGRE Subject Test in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular BiologyGRE Subject Test in BiologyGRE Subject Test in ChemistryGRE Subject Test in MathematicsGRE Subject Test in PhysicsGRE Verbal ReasoningHomeschoolHonors ChemistryHSPT MathIB BIology HLIB BIology SLIB Chemistry HLIB Chemistry SLIB Mathematical Studies SLIB Mathematics HLIB Mathematics SLIB Physics HLIB Physics SLInorganic ChemistryIntermediate AlgebraIntermediate AlgebraLife SciencesLinear AlgebraMCAT Biological SciencesMCAT Physical SciencesMCAT Verbal ReasoningMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsMultivariable CalculusOAT PhysicsOrganic ChemistryPCAT BiologyPCAT ChemistryPhysical ChemistryPhysical SciencePhysicsPlant BiologyPre-AlgebraPre-CalculusProbabilityPSAT MathematicsSAT MathSAT MathematicsSAT Subject Test in Biology E/MSAT Subject Test in ChemistrySAT Subject Test in FrenchSAT Subject Test in French with ListeningSAT Subject Test in GermanSAT Subject Test in German with ListeningSAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2SAT Subject Test in PhysicsSAT Subject TestsSAT VerbalTrigonometry
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
I stay outside normal education establishments, so I can do what I believe in. I also take poor children to walk, climb, swim, camp, cycle here in Philippines. After my time as professor at Ateneo University in Manila, many of my students wrote letters to me, and I was surprised to read how many of them described me as somebody who taught them about LIFE. I do try to include chat about tobacco, alcohol, drugs, diet, healthy living, but I did not realise how important it was to them.
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