From the very beginning, I enjoyed math immensely. I admired the format in which it was presented especially the very first phases of learning algebra in middle school. As I learned how to answer the equations, I was finding myself more intrigued with each step of the procedure and then having the teacher check my work in anticipation of knowing whether or not I had gotten the answer correct. I found myself focused intensely while following the teacher’s steps and then thoroughly reviewing the lessons from earlier in the day. At that present time math was becoming my favorite subject.
Unfortunately, my flame for enjoying math was soon becoming extinguished as soon as I entered my high school years. With the several math teachers I have had. There was only two that were absolutely demeaning and harsh towards me. Once math became more challenging, I still kept my deep focus so I could follow the steps on how to complete the equation. When I would be in the process of completing my work, one of the teachers I had would become very aggravated with me because as I would stop and think the equation through before applying the steps, she would comment something extraordinarily harsh such as “Is your brain not functioning again today or do you just not know the answer?”. Knowing it was not my place to say something just as demeaning back I …show more content…
I kept a mindset that maybe one day I would wake up and everything as a whole would just start making sense, instead of bits and pieces falling to the floor not reaching me. Fortunately, I began to improve senior year. I became part of a math class based on helping one another understand math in a collaboration of group work. What mattered most to the teacher was that you just tried and built back any lost confidence. This experience by far was the greatest because there was no judgement, only the chance to rebuild any lost confidence and enjoy math
Unfortunately, my flame for enjoying math was soon becoming extinguished as soon as I entered my high school years. With the several math teachers I have had. There was only two that were absolutely demeaning and harsh towards me. Once math became more challenging, I still kept my deep focus so I could follow the steps on how to complete the equation. When I would be in the process of completing my work, one of the teachers I had would become very aggravated with me because as I would stop and think the equation through before applying the steps, she would comment something extraordinarily harsh such as “Is your brain not functioning again today or do you just not know the answer?”. Knowing it was not my place to say something just as demeaning back I …show more content…
I kept a mindset that maybe one day I would wake up and everything as a whole would just start making sense, instead of bits and pieces falling to the floor not reaching me. Fortunately, I began to improve senior year. I became part of a math class based on helping one another understand math in a collaboration of group work. What mattered most to the teacher was that you just tried and built back any lost confidence. This experience by far was the greatest because there was no judgement, only the chance to rebuild any lost confidence and enjoy math