Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 tutor

About Justin

Hi there :)

My name is Justin Collins and I am an experienced math and physics tutor. If I’ve learned anything in the last four years, (hopefully I have) it’s that every student is different. Some students just want to get the homework done and really need help facing psychological barriers with math. Other students are very curious and want to really get to the bottom of why certain formulas work the way they do.

I am a chef (and you thought you came here for tutoring instead of cooking!) A good cook always thinks about the customer and what they would enjoy eating the most. They will offer suggestions and can justify them in detail but will never shove his meal down the customers throat. Although the customer is not in fact always right they will always take everything the customer says as a valuable gem that can guide the chef into offering the best meal possible for the customer.
My job as a tutor (I lied about the chef part, I just love to use analogies) is to understand my students in every way I can, and with lots of background knowledge and experience, I can serve them an experience that will be best fit to their individual needs.

But enough of this verbiage… let's talk about me instead.

I graduated with B.S. from the University of Washington in both Physics and Astronomy (with honors).

 I have been a self-employed math and physics tutor for the past 4 years

 I professionally tutored math over 200 hours at Shoreline Community College (SCC)

 Physics TA at the University of Washington

 I was given the honor of sitting on the SCC math screening committee whose job was to hire a tenure math professor

 I have taught English in China and in Guinea-Bissau

 I did high school speech and debate for 4 years and am a debate coach

 I also enjoy just thinking and trying to understand concepts in my own time. For example, I have derived both the formula for the sum of squares as well as the binomial theorem from scratch.

Contact me for details if you want to set up a session. Have a fantastic day!