Ralph was wonderful! My 6th grader immediately took to him and is looking forward to more sessions in the coming weeks. My son really responds to Ralph’s kind demeanor, and their work rhythm is a perfect mix of math instruction, practical skills development, and confidence building. Would definitely recommend!
Ralph D. Thomas
Great value
- 31 hires
- Based in Bakersfield, CA
- 18 years in business
- 1 employee
- Background checked
About Ralph D. Thomas
By tutoring chemistry and several disciplines of math, I am grateful for the opportunity to meet and assist a diverse population of aspirational and inspirational scholars. In this post-pandemic environment, I welcome in-person as well as remote lessons over the phone or virtually.
Reviews
My daughter is a junior in high school who was very far behind in math and chemistry. She's ridiculously picky about her teachers, and in elementary school she dreaded tutoring sessions with the passion of a thousand suns. Ralph has been tutoring her since the end of her sophomore year and she has made more progress than all of the past 5 years combined. I'm floored that she has never once complained about attending their twice weekly sessions. Ralph is clearly invested in his work and is so encouraging, very responsive, and always sends a detailed summary of every single session. Highly recommended.
I have to say I choose the right tutor for my daughter who had trouble with her algebra. He finds strategies to help solve problems and it’s been helpful for my daughter to understand. I highly recommend this guy 100%
Off to a great start thus far. My daughter has been struggling with 5th grade math and we found Ralph on Thumbtack. 2 sessions in and already seeing some positive results. Thank you Mr. Ralph! We look forward to continuing to work with you!
My daughter Isabella is in 5th grade and is struggling in Math. Luckily, I found her a tutor! She’s had a few sessions with Ralph, and I could see an improvement. After the first session, I asked Isabella what did she think of it and the tutor? She told me he is the most patient, smart and sweetest math tutor!! I could see an improvement already. She does her homework on her own with no struggles. I will continue to work with Ralph. We are very happy and lucky to have found him!!
Me. Ralph is so patient, articulate, and thoughtful while tutoring my 10y/o son. I am overjoyed with the progress I have seen so far. Truly a most valuable asset to my son’s education.
My son did SAT math tutoring with Mr. Thomas and loved the experience. Mr. Thomas is smart, on time, high communicative and a very nice person. My teen loved him. We plan to do more sessions in the future.
Mr. Ralph has been my tutor for YEARS. He tutored me throughout my entire 4th grade year as I had been taken out of public school for health reasons. I'm now a junior in high school and he has, once again, helped me out to an incredible extent with both my math and chemistry class. He's helped me understand subjects that my teacher in school failed to teach me in less than half the time. His explanations are clear and concise, going through each step meanwhile explaining why you take that step. Overall, he's an incredible tutor and 100% deserves these five stars!
He's easy to get along with and really helped awaken my math brain.
Ralph was wonderful! We really enjoyed his help with tutoring our daughter in Calculus. He’s professional and very knowledgeable. We will continue to use his services. Thanks for all your help!
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