Hi, my name is Stephen Scripp and I am currently a Biomedical Engineering student at Milwaukee School of Engineering. While being a collegiate soccer player on the Men’s Varsity Soccer Team, I have maintained a 4.0 GPA and have been on the High Honor Roll every term. I have had success academically and athletically through hard work and support from others. One of the biggest lessons I learned from being a multi-sport athlete in high school was the importance of time management. Granted, being a detail-oriented student helped, I attribute a large portion of my academic success to my organizational skills. Because of my ability to prioritize and manage my time, I successfully founded and lead the Milwaukee School of Engineering Robotic Surgery Club through its inaugural year and plan on continuing to improve the clubs project base. 

My original plan for the summer was to conduct biomedical engineering research, but as with many of our plans it has changed. I started tutoring as a junior in high school at a local middle school, Notre Dame of De Pere, for a math class and really enjoyed working with the kids that needed help. At Milwaukee School of Engineering, I am now a tutor for the Raider Center for Academic Success where I tutor my peers in various calculus and physics courses.

My key philosophies of tutoring have always been patience, creativity, and independence. Patience because all students absorb information at different rates, and tutoring is a time for the student to learn the information at the best pace for them. Rushing a student to understand a concept can seem discouraging and is often less productive as the student feels nervous and or pressured. Creativity because there are many ways to look at the same problem and offering a student multiple ways to solve a problem adds to their educational “tool kit”. By offering multiple ways to “look at” or “solve” a problem, the student is then able to select the method that resonates best with their learning style. Independence is the most important attribute of tutoring.

In my tutoring, I always preach for the student to push through problems and concepts themselves. The reason we teach is so that students will one day be able to think for themselves and solve problems on their own. My goal is to help students grow to be able to think and approach new problems on their own.