Worth Repeating: Steven Politis – Retired Engineer, Advanced Math Tutor

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 11/5/14:

WORTH-REPEATING“Remember all those lunar experiments astronaut Neil Armstrong had to carry out after he took mankind’s first steps on the moon and planted the American flag? Politis was on the elite team of engineers that developed them at Northrop Grumman … ‘I’d like to work with the smartest math students in school and help get them ready for algebra in middle school,’ Politis told Adria Metson, magnet coordinator at Welby Way Elementary School in West Hills. ‘I’ll give you a 10-year commitment.’ A 10-year commitment from an 87-year-old man.” That was 10 years ago, and he continues to teach for LA Unified School District! Read more here.

 

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