Mr. Tom Farber
-- A.P. Calculus
Torah High welcomes Mr. Tom Farber, the teacher's
teacher (quite literally, as one of our teachers was a student of
his) as our AP Calculus teacher. He has already made a strong
impression on our girls with his patience and clarity of thought. An
astounding 100% of his students passed the AP Calculus test last year
with a mean score of 4.8! Mr. Farber received his B.A. in Mathematics
and an M.A. in Secondary Education from San Diego State University.
He has been a high school teacher for twenty years (at Rancho
Bernardo High School since '92), a department chairperson, the
recipient of the UCSD outstanding teacher award (six times), and a
coach/advisor for a wide variety of high school clubs. His
educational philosophy can be summed up by this quote from him,
"There is no substitute for understanding."
