Tutor profile: Taylor M.

What's the point of learning Spanish if everyone I interact with speaks English?

Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world - nearly 600 million people speak it! Learning a second language isn't just about being able to communicate with others outside of English. A second language rewires your brain to improve your memory and cognitive elasticity, and helps you enhance problem-solving, multi-tasking, and decision-making skills that will spill over into all over areas of life!

What is the most important thing to study when preparing for the MCAT?

The most important thing to study for the MCAT is how to get to the meat of the question. The hardest part is sorting through all the extraneous details and figuring out what they really want to see if you know!

What kind of energy does an unlit match have?

Chemical energy! The bonds in the atoms that make up the match possess chemical energy, even though it doesn't look like there's much energy at all in a match that's not doing anything besides existing. The match does not yet produce thermal energy since it is unlit and is producing no heat, and the kinetic energy would come in the form of movement.