About Me
Hi, I’m Brandon Wong!
As a math tutor and software engineer, I am passionate about equipping everyone with the necessary mathematics skills to navigate through society. As our societies become more and more complex, strength in math becomes more and more requisite. Math is a great context from which I help my students build the following important life skills: organization, future planning, and emotional intelligence.
I am passionate about helping students fully comprehend the math in front of them! I want my students to have their ideal future career available to them.
I have two years of professional experience teaching in-person at a learning centre helping with math, physics, chemistry, and english. I also have 5 years of experience working in financial technology industry, where I was a senior software engineer. Before that, in high school and university I was the type of friend who was really passionate about learning math, always encouraging my friends to study and learn with me as we tackled.
I have also played years of competitive volleyball, soccer, and baseball which helps me bring a fun atmosphere to my lessons.
My Pedagogy
All people are naturally curious, but curiosity is fragile
Curiosity is maintained when we think we will learn a lot. All people experience pleasure when solving problems, and all people seek problems they can solve with an appropriate amount of cognitive work. They don’t want it too simple or too complicated.
It’s my job to create the appropriate conditions for problem solving, and I take create pride in creating those unique conditions for each individual I work with.
Learning should be built upon a solid foundation
It is really frustrating when you feel like you can’t solve a problem. This often occurs because you haven’t accrued the necessary foundational learning. I find and address gaps in my students understanding so we can tackle the bigger problems once we’re properly prepared.
People learn from people they like
Educators must connect with their students on a real, human level. Students like when their educators seek to know more about their goals and how they relate to their interests and passions. Students like when their educators affirm their successes and gently indicate where they can improve. This is the type of educator I aspire to be every day.
