Al F.

Al's Bio & Tutoring Experience

All of my past tutoring has come through personal contacts: either people I already know, or people I just so happen to meet out in the world. With the latter group (which is the minority), I have always been paid. But with friends, acquaintances, and coworkers, I have usually just volunteered my time. The areas I have tutored have been academics, computers (especially Microsoft Word), Scrabble and chess. What makes me a good tutor is that I try to create a comfortable rapport with the student, and a healthy learning environment, so that the student isn't afraid to ask questions or to make a mistake.

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Al's Education & Certifications

Formally, I graduated from UCLA, concentrating in liberal arts. But after graduation, I began studying data processing (as computer work was called back then) and then word processing, first on OEM equipment with its own software, and later on PCs under Windows.

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