Learn To Be Foundation

How old are you?
23.6 at time of writing.

What was your favorite subject in school?
That's a tricky one...for most of K12 it was literature, but once I started learning about physics, math and science became the light of my life.

What was your favorite childhood book?
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster wins hands down, but I think Roald Dahl's various works deserve an honorable mention.

What is your favorite hobby?
I can't pick just one...I like drawing, hiking, and climbing, but I spend more time reading. I also love doing math and physics for fun. I like to go through old textbooks to find interesting problems.

What is your favorite childhood memory? 
Hmmm....I remember when I was maybe 11 I found a gigantic Fresnel lens--that's a kind of magnifying glass that's collapsed in order to be thin. It was about the size of a piece of notebook paper. Me and my friends had fun with that thing for months. You could see the hairs on ants with it, or light fires, or put it against a mirror and make strange virtual images. I don't know if that's my favorite memory but it's certainly a fond one.

What is your occupation?
I'm currently working on getting my private tutoring business off the ground. Business is a bit slow at the moment, but I'm sure it will pick up once the school year starts.

What do you enjoy the most about tutoring for Learn To Be?
Gosh...my favorite thing about it is feeling like I'm helping pave the way for big changes in our education system. I hope the number of people engaged in long-distance teaching continues to grow, because it's a very useful supplement to brick-and-mortar schooling.