About
Hi! I am Ayesha Weerakoon. I moved to the USA in December 2021. I lived in Sri Lanka and completed high school in my home country. Because of the pandemic, I could not start my university life in Sri ... Lanka even though I was selected for my dream university because the majority of Sri Lankan students could not afford laptops and good internet connections to use online platforms. After I moved to the USA, I was able to start my college life at Louisiana State University in the fall of 2022.
During the pandemic, I self-taught painting with the help of YouTube, and it is my new favorite hobby. Other than that, I love listening to pop music and watching anime and various TV series.
I started tutoring in 2018 and continued until 2021. I started with tutoring Mathematics and science for grades 8, 9, 10, and 11 students and then I started tutoring Chemistry and Biology for grades 12 and 13 students in Sri Lanka. During that time, I got a chance to work as a substitute Science teacher for grades 9, 10, and 11 in Dikkapitiya Maha Vidyalaya in Sri Lanka.
Tutoring is full of responsibilities and challenges, but I enjoyed it a lot. It helped me to increase my knowledge of Chemistry and find easy methods to do calculations quickly. I believe that is the main reason for me to take As in College for Chemistry subjects and Calculus. I met students with different personalities and had to adjust to their tempers. I am most proud of myself because I was able to make friendly relationships with my students and control myself.
I can't wait to reconnect with students again in the USA with you! It will be a different challenge for me.read more
Experience
Tutor
Self employed in Sri Lanka
Sep 2018 - Jul 2021
I have provided individualized instruction to students in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
to help them u... nderstand complex concepts in Mathematics. Sri Lankan high school
mathematics included algebra I, algebra II, and pre-calculus. I also tutored
Advanced Level Chemistry in Sri Lanka and the content is somewhat equivalent to
college Chemistry I, Chemistry II, and Biology I. That helped me a lot to complete
my college courses easily with A+ for General chemistry I, General Chemistry II,
and Biology I.read more
Substituted Science Teacher
Dhikkapitiya Maha Vidyalaya- Sri Lanka
May 2020 - Oct 2020
Dhikkapitiya Maha Vidyalaya is a rural school located in Badulla district. I
volunteered as a subst... itute teacher in science as the students did not have a
teacher for four months. I helped the students who preparing for Ordinary level
examinations (grade 11) and the students in grades 8, 9, and 10 in Sri Lanka. Also, I did some extra afternoon classes for students who needed more help, and I made test papers, corrected them, and discussed the questions showing easy methods to approach a question.read more
Educator
Sasnaka Sansanda- Sri Lanka
Aug 2019 - Sep 2020
Sasnaka Sansanda is an island-wide mathematical organization that
helps students in grades 10 and 1... 1 who are preparing for ordinary-level
examinations in Sri Lanka. The members select rural schools, help the
students in Mathematics, and encourage the students to get ready for the
examination.
I worked as a tutor and I was the group leader of the tutors assigned for my home town. I was tutoring algebra I and algebra II for students.read more
