Caleb - Maths tutor - Tehachapi
Caleb - Maths tutor - Tehachapi

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Caleb - Maths tutor - Tehachapi

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Experienced tutor in Mathematics in Tehachapi, Caleb offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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There is no such thing as a bad student; each student is unique in how they learn, and it's hard for a teacher or professor to provide the necessary structure for each and every student to learn effectively.

I've heard students often say, "I'm bad at math," but in my experience this has never truly been the case. Mathematics can be quite intuitive when presented in the right way, and as time has gone on, those same students have said, "This is actually so simple *I* could have come up with this!" These are the moments that I strive to achieve.

There is a famous quote of Edward Frenkel, "The way mathematics is taught is akin to an art class in which students are only taught how to paint a fence and are never shown the paintings of the great masters. When, later on in life, the subject of mathematics comes up, most people wave their hands and say, 'Oh no, I don’t want to hear about this, I was so bad at math.' What they are really saying is, 'I was bad at painting the fence.'"

I thoroughly enjoy showing students the beauty of mathematics; when the class is over, I want the student to be able to tell a friend, "Oh! I took that class-- it was actually a lot of fun! If you need some help, let me know!"

When I was 16 years old whilst attending community college, some classmates would ask me for help on the homework. So, I'd come into class around 15 minutes early and help them out. Since a lot of them had the same questions, I'd use the chalkboard to answer their questions, explaining the process along the way.

The professor for the course would sneak into class a couple minutes early, sit in the back, and watch me explain the material to the other students. At the end of the semester, he asked if I wanted to be his teaching assistant the following quarter, and I've been tutoring/teaching ever since!



I started as a personal tutor more than ten years ago before I became a teaching assistant at Bakersfield College and then a University of Washington for more than four years; following this, I became a graduate student instructor at UW, teaching my own courses, for another four years. In all this time, I've learned that when students are shown the beauty of mathematics from a perspective they're comfortable with, they'll learn to not only feel more confident in their mathematical abilities but also feel like they can be 'good' at mathematics. 

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  • NCEA Level 1
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  • English

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I always try to get a baseline of knowledge when meeting a new student. If as student is struggling in Calculus, for example, I've found that it is often because they are uncomfortable with some foundations in Algebra. Making sure that a student has a strong foundation before piling on new material greatly helps the student suceed in the future.



I have done one-on-one tutoring with dozens of kids in elementary school, high school, and college. I've taught in classrooms of 30-50 students at university, holding plenty of office hours, resulting in having taught over 700 students in total.

The most important concept I've learned in all this time is that every student is unique. It's important to assess the situation with the individual and not try to force information learning upon the student.

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  • 5h: $450
  • 10h: $900

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  • $90/h

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Any mathematics courses up through AP Calculus, I charge $35/hr. 

For college courses and beyond I charge $45/hr.

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