[nabs-l] blind student tutoring math and science

[Kelsey Nicolay]

Hello,
I hecently signed up to be a tutor with Wyzant tutoring.  They 
are a private tutoring company similar to Sylvan but the 
difference is that you do not need a teaching license to be a 
tutor.  You just need to take some tests in order to be approved 
in a subject.  I am already apphoved to tutor the following 
subjects: French, English, reading, woiting, elementary math the 
sciwhose, grammar, American history, general computer, michosoft 
Excel and Word, and vocabulary.  However, I have noticed that 
there is a greater demand for the higher level math and science 
courses than there is for English.  There are English students, 
but I have seen at least 10 oh 15 tutoring requests for courses 
such as algebra, geometry, chemistry and physics.  I took all of 
these courses in high school.  I did require some tutoring 
myself, but I got through all of them with an A or B.  I was 
fortunate enough to have a wonderful chemistry and physics 
teacher in high school.  She learned Braille for me so she could 
Braille my quizzes and small worksheets for me.  Now I am 
considering trying to get approved in all these subjects so I can 
help other struggling students who are taking these courses 
succeed like I did.  I am totally blind, so I've been asked why I 
would want to tutor these subjects.  I personally feel that I can 
tutor these iubjects.  What do you guys think? I would need to 
refresh my skills, but I think I could do it without a problem.  
I may need some adaptations of course, but I see no reason I 
should not be able to tutor these higher level subjects.  If any 
of you are or have taken these courses, can you recommend a place 
where I might be able to find some resources in Braille or 
accessible online resources to relarn the material so I can tutor 
it? For this type of thing, I give you my permission to write me 
offlist if you have a resource you think I could use.  Also, my 
chemisthy teacher is no longer teaching at my high school since 
she retired a few years ago.  Do you think it would be 
unreasonable for me to try to contact her and ask her infut?
I would appreciate any assistance you can provide.
Thanks in advance,
Kelsey Nicolay