Daniel N.

I received my PhD in physics at the University of Connecticut where I taught undergraduate physics for 6 years. Before that, I received my MS in physics from Brown University where I taught summer physics classes to middle and high school students. Teaching math and physics is my passion. My own educational journey did not start off smoothly because I am dyslexic. I know firsthand what a life changing difference it can be to get specialized one-on-one attention from an educator who understands that everyone learns differently. In my years of teaching, I have worked with students of all different backgrounds. Often when students feel lost in math and physics classes it is because there was a concept early on which they were not taught clearly. Math and physics classes provide a unique challenge to students because of how the concepts build on each other and how critical it is to establish a solid foundation. I work with students to help them find and correct the root source of their confusion and I emphasize that the key to success is not memorization, its learning the relationships between an interconnected web of concepts. There are always many different paths to the correct answer and many different ways of understanding the meaning of the steps taken along a given path. Once a student finds the approach which makes the most sense to their unique brain, they achieve a feeling of accomplishment that no one can take away from them.