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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
Tutoring allows me to combine my subject knowledge gained from completing all of the study for a Bachelor's of Civil Engineering with my education and teaching experience as an OSHC educator, and full-time relief education assistant for K/PP - Yr 12 in schools. I am passionate about my fields of study and work, and tutoring allows me to further hone my expertise as I work toward my current personal career goal of becoming a fully qualified teacher. I really like the pacing of tutoring work, working patiently or quickly depending on the students aptitude and rhythm. It's also great to work out the unique learning styles and strengths of the students, then tailoring my teaching style and methods according to their learning e.g. drawing a visual demonstration of a concept for a visually orientated learner.On top of this I find tutoring very fulfilling, since you get to clearly observe the direct result of the student understanding something new from your teaching and input.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
I would say that my strengths as a tutor would be my patience, levity and being able to break down concepts and problems into smaller and smaller steps until they can be understood. With my patience, I'm willing to spend as long as it takes on one problem, until the student actually understands it. I find to this to be quite a fun challenge and I don't find it frustrating at all. Regarding levity, I'm able to make things a bit more light hearted and fun than most, and I like to use humour in my teaching. I find this helps the student(s) (and me) relax and not be hindered by anxiety.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
Essentially the most important thing is for the tutor to give the student a positive experience with learning. I believe this is more valuable than the academic lesson learnt, because it reinforces an eagerness to engage in learning which they can carry throughout their entirelives (since they come to associate learning with positive experiences e.g. fun, engaging the mind, feeling encouragement).Testimonials 🏆
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- Physics tutoring in Alexander Heights
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About Rick Orion
Rick Orion Leon: Tutor
An example of an original math's question that I have written is: Measured amounts of oil and water are being added to a pot containing 800 grams of chicken, so it can be cooked and used for burritos feeding a family of four. It is known that the required cook time: • Increases by 20 minutes for every kg of chicken in the pot • Decreases by 2% for every mL of oil added to the pot • Increases by 0.45% for every mL of water added to the pot To get the optimal oil to water ratio (for stirring, texture, and flavour), the volume of water added should equal the volume of oil multiplied by itself, then divided by 10. • How much oil should be used to get the minimum required cook time? Give your answer in mL. • Additionally, what is the minimum required cook time using this amount of oil? Give your answer in minutes. • Considering the effect that the oil volume used has on the required cook time, would it be considered more practical for the cook to precisely measure the volume of oil used, or to simply make a quick estimate?
Rick Orion Leon: Civil Engineer / Education Assistant / A.I. Trainer
This question above is a small example of how my three -fold career ties together; I’ve created the kind of question that a high school maths teacher might write for students, but for the purpose of teaching an AI. It could be said from this that I’m teaching mathematics to AI, while teaching it to humans in my education career, while also applying similar knowledge and skills in my engineering design and checking work.
Rick Orion Leon: Student and Sir
During my time completing a Bachelor’s in Civil and Construction Engineering, my favourite units were the several Structural Analysis units. I enjoyed most of Structural Analysis because I like mathematical problems which I can visualise and draw, then make a process of calculations based on what I've drawn. I find this to be a process which engages a level of creativity, followed by sound structure and logic. I consider this concept more broadly to be a fusion of science and art, logic and creativity, chaos and structure, mind and emotion, sport and art, engineering and architecture, and functionality and beauty (the list goes on). I call this the sequence of structure; a manner and order in which things can be arranged to optimise its output both in aspects of appearance and practical function. I seek to use this concept in how I engage in all my ongoing activities because it enables me to experience and work in a way which I consider to be both fun and beneficial; whether it be determining the reaction forces involved for a beam holding up different weights, or calculating currents in a series or circuits. This way of thinking and engaging increases the levels of enjoyment and satisfaction I receive from some my other interests, including; drawing (structured patterns of lines and colours I have drawn to display a static structure on a page), dancing (the movement of the body as a moving/dynamic structure in space), writing (and reading), setting up or tidying rooms, video games and bodybuilding.
