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January 21, 2007

Posted by neillevine

About This Editor: I am a writer. Have been writing for other sites, but expect to do most of my future work HERE! My expertise extends from the esoteric such as burning hydrogen to the unpredictability of the stock market and my writing makes me a jack of all trades and exasperated master of none. I have had some influence over national wildfire and water policy and there are hints of a change in energy policy, BUT as Samuel Goldwyn once said, "A verbal promise is not worth the paper it is written on."

         

I have been tutoring for pretty much four years now and since I have a prior background in teaching I have been able to acquire deeper insights and also have taken the time to write about some of my previous experiences working under the No Child Left Behind, Supplemental Education Services law.

I have just left two Pakistani students, a seventh and an eighth grader, sister and brother attending a private school in a different borough, because the jig was over, so to speak. They were less motivated than they should have been and actually getting school work done was becoming too frustrating. So I have replaced those two with three students taking the same subject, Math A, that I have pretty much specialized in, but under two different sets of circumstances.

My two eighth graders are taking the New York State Regents exam in June after only two terms, not the usual three, and my ninth grader, who lives in Manhattan but goes to school in Brooklyn, will presumably take the test next January. In order to qualify for a diploma here a student must pass five Regents, making it an important examination.

So far the lessons I have given all three have gone well, giving me and my students hope for the future. Names of angles, geometric figures and calculating complementary and supplementary angles take some insight but are not the most difficult areas in math, thank goodness. I also have been working on history and English, but my main emphasis is math, where my students need the most help.

I would much prefer working as a writer or for private business, these are a far more dignified experiences but politicians like to share what is not theirs and lay down too many road blocks, obstacles and demands so this is where I am at as matters stand.