Marvin
Certified Tutor
Why are you passionate about helping students?
First of all is to give back to the community, especially in the area that I feel I can be most beneficial. Students are the most rewarding to work with since they have a learning mindset and they have fertile minds, not clutter with the day to day demands of a work schedule. But the greatest reward is that you have given them a good start for a successful life.
Describe your experience working with students.
I have been very fortunate to have students that were focused mainly to learn the information I had to offer. I enjoy presenting information to students who are genuinely interested in learning as much as possible from the tutoring sessions. I can tell when they had a good experience by the way they relate to me afterwards, such asking career advice and for letters of recommendations.
Where did you get your education?
I received a BSA in Chemistry and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine both at the University of Georgia. I received a Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine at the University of California at Davis.
What subjects do you tutor?
Mainly biology, but also can do most subjects in the general medical area. Even though I have an undergraduate degree in chemistry, I am holding my involvement to high school chemistry at this time since I have not worked as directly with chemistry as I have with biology and the general medical area during my career.
What is your favorite subject(s) to tutor, and why?
My favorite subject to tutor is Biology because I believe I have the greatest depth and breath of knowledge in this area that I can offer the students. I had most of my academic training and practical experience in biology.
How would you describe your teaching philosophy and your tutoring style?
My teaching philosophy is to first learn the students strengths and weakness in the subject area as well as their study techniques. I also want to learn their goals and milestones for the tutoring session which will help me gauge my presentations. When we hit hard sections, I will break them down into small bites to help the student understand that part and can later build upon it. Also for the harder to comprehend section, there needs to be repetition until the student feels comfortable with the information and can apply it. I also like to link the information to real world examples which will give the student better insight into that particular information
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Undergraduate Degree: University of Georgia - Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Graduate Degree: University of Georgia - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Technology
What interests you outside of academia? My main interest outside of academia is traveling. I was in the military for 25 years, stationed both on the east coast, west coast and in the central part of the US. Additionally, my overseas travel was usually in associations with being station in foreign countries and living near foreign countries which gave us easy access to visit those countries. I was stationed on the Island of Guam from which we traveled to Japan, South Korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and China. I was also stationed in Germany from which we traveled to most of the Western European countries as well as to many of the old Soviet Easter Block countries such as Poland, Slovakia, Budapest, Moldova, Croatia, and Bulgaria. Other countries visited were Israel, Russia, Mali Africa, Argentina, and Uruguay. I also enjoy most sports and woodworking. During our early married years, I had either built or refinished all the wooden pieces of furniture in our house.
- AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association
- Chemistry
- College Chemistry
- Epidemiology
- High School Chemistry
- ICVA - International Council for Veterinary Assessment
- Medicine
- Organic Chemistry
- Professional Certifications
- Science
- VTNE - Veterinary Technician National Exam