I'm Phoenix — a Grade 11 student at Centennial CVI tutoring Grade 9 through AP Calculus. I've already finished Grade 12 Advanced Functions with 98%, and right now I'm writing the AP Calculus AB exam. If you're stuck, I've probably been stuck on the exact same thing — and I know how to get unstuck.
Most tutors hand you a formula and tell you to plug numbers in. That works until the test changes the question — and then you're stuck again.
My approach is different. I won't move on until you can explain why the formula works. Why the chain rule looks the way it does. Why a discriminant tells you about roots. Why e shows up in growth problems but never in your algebra homework.
Once that clicks, the rest is just practice — and that's the part students usually find easy.
Every Ontario math course from Grade 9 through Grade 12, plus AP Calculus and SAT Math prep. Pricing scales with course difficulty — not with how badly you need help.
Building the foundation that everything else stands on.
The course that decides a lot of university applications.
Where most students hit a wall. I've just been through it.
JavaScript, HTML5 Canvas, no libraries. Type any function of x, drag your mouse over the graph to see the tangent line and slope at that point — that's the derivative, computed numerically. I bring this kind of thing into sessions to make abstract concepts visual.
// Operators: + − * / ^ · Functions: sin cos tan exp log sqrt abs · Constants: pi e · Hover over the graph for f(x) and f'(x).
Phoenix doesn't just walk you through the answer — he asks why you got stuck, then fixes the actual problem. My MCR3U mark went from a 68 to an 84 in one term.
We were really worried about Grade 10 math — our daughter just wasn't getting it. After four sessions with Phoenix she came home explaining quadratics to us. Worth every dollar.
He's basically my age but explains calculus better than my teacher. The little graphing tools he uses make limits and derivatives finally make sense visually.
The first 30-minute consultation is free — we'll figure out exactly where things are breaking down and whether I'm the right fit. No pressure either way.