Fun Facts

I love chocolate, but I dislike candy. Therefore, I eat chocolate almost every day and carry around a Ziploc bag filled with chocolates in my book bag. I thoroughly enjoy a good cup of coffee and only drink it black. One of my interests is Scrabble and I strive fervently to play well by increasing my vocabulary. However, the more I play the game, the more I’m convinced that attaining high scores depends more on spatial recognition and strategic placement of your tiles than knowing a lot of words…

About Me

I am Korean-American and immigrated to the states when I was 6 years old. I graduated from SUNY, Binghamton University with a BA in English and Asian, Asian-American Studies. Then I served in the Peace Corps as a secondary school English teacher in Mongolia for over 2 years. Upon completion of my Peace Corps service, I returned to New York and enrolled at CUNY, queens-college">Queens College (QC) to fulfill pre-requisite courses for medical schools. Recently, I was offered a position as an adjunct lecturer from CUNY, queens-college">Queens College biology department for the 2012 fall semester.

In the summer of 2002, I served as a substitute teacher for grades 1 to 6 in math and English at an academy called, Reading Town, in Little Neck, NY. In 2007, for a couple of months, I tutored first grade students in math and English at Boys’ Club of New York in Flushing, NY. From 2007 until 2009, I taught English as a foreign language to the students in 4th grade to 9th grade in Mongolia as a Peace Corps volunteer. Since January of 2011, I've been a member of Biology Honors Society at QC and have tutored students on the topics covered in introductory biology courses. Starting the 2012 Fall semester, I've tutored students on the topics covered in general and organic chemistry courses as a member of Beta Delta Chi Chemistry Honors Society at QC. Furthermore, I currently teach two laboratory sections for introductory college biology course which is intended for non-biology majors at QC as an adjunct faculty.

My queens">tutoring approach depends on the student. A single, grand, all-encompassing queens">tutoring approach which can be applied to all students does not exist. The approach must be tailored specifically to individual students. Therefore, I must first learn from my student and recognize his learning style and his thought process involved in understanding the imparted knowledge. Then, my teaching style is modified to suit the student’s learning style and to enhance comprehension. Furthermore, thorough understanding requires practice and repetition. The student’s retention of information also comes from practice: solving myriad problems which repeatedly test his understanding. It’s futile to simply ask the student if he understood what has been taught; the default answer, “yes,” is uttered by the student even when teaching didn't lead to learning.