Learning, Always

I’m an educator with over fifteen years’ experience as a professional scientist, high school teacher, tutor, teacher trainer, curriculum developer, and parent. My students have been college undergraduates and elementary students, learning everything from US history and arithmetic to molecular biology and quantum physics.

The best thing I can do to continue improving as an educator is to keep learning, always. I believe my students should do the same. Let’s talk about what I can do for a student in your life.

Recent posts:

What Makes an Expert?

British polymath Thomas Young, who died in 1829, is immortalized as “The Last Man Who Knew Everything,” in his biography of the same name by Andrew Robinson. Young was a professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, where he gave lectures mostly on physics. He was also a physician at St.…

by Matt October 19, 2020

Introductions

I suppose I should tell you a little about myself, especially if you’re bothering to read this. As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a paleontologist. As in, I was one of those annoying five-year-olds who only wanted to talk about dinosaurs. My parents decided to help me develop this irritating…

by Matt September 7, 2020September 7, 2020