OUR STORY

Thank you for taking the time to visit my site. A little bit about me. My name is Ahmed Kothawala. I'm a chemical engineer who graduated in 2012 from the University of Houston. In college, I tutored professionally at the Learning Support Services (LSS), which is where I received my formal training in how to be an effective tutor. I worked at the LSS for four out of my five years at U of H, teaching not only all levels of college and university calculus, but also, Accounting, Physics, Chemistry and English writing.

My passion became to teach. I loved it. I loved the feeling of sitting down with a tentative student at the start of the semester, overwhelmed at how much they didn't understand about the class they were taking, and seeing them grow through the semester to a confident, capable student, achieving a high grade. I decided that this would be my path in life. To teach.

To embark on that journey, I went on to Rice University for a PhD. I wanted to become a professor and teach. To my dismay, I found that the life of a university professor is less teaching and more writing grant proposals to receive funding for research. Although research is a noble profession, and an important one, it wasn't my calling, and I left Rice, not getting my PhD, and entered the private sector as a consultant. My day job involves helping engineers understand how to use advanced software to design and run chemical plants. I get to teach and I get to continue seeing the AHA! moment in the eyes of students who learn a new skill.

Throughout the years, I have continued tutoring students Math whenever I could help. From younger relatives, to neighbors, to people referred by past students, I have not stopped tutoring. I still enjoy it with a passion and I decided to start this website to continue on in my journey, searching for that AHA! moment with new students.

I hope you'll find the content here useful in your studies. I hope you'll use the resource as I have intended it, as a guide to deepen your understanding of the beauty (yes, beauty!) of math. Feel free to drop me a note or a comment. I'd love to hear from you and I'll do my best to help you achieve success. Good luck and Happy Learning!!