QuickWrite October 2, 2009

Scenario:
Fast forward the time 10 years ahead. Put yourself in your future students' position and write in any format to the teacher you have become in 10 years.

Student who Loves me:
Hi, Ms. Weng! You are still teaching? Are the kids behaving in your class? I still remember the first day when I sat in your class and how you were telling us about to respect nerds who rule the world. Even though you have said that you are not a nerd, I said to myself, "Gee! My Math teacher is a nerd." But I don't know if you know this, I end up loving Math so much that I have become the "nerd" as well. Nerds ROCK!!

Student who Hates me:
Ms. Weng, I never think that Math is fun. I understand that you want to help us in learning new concepts by using different teaching techniques. But I feel like a lab rat being tested/experimented. Math is just not my thing and I am terrible at it.


I hope to have good relationship with my students and also to make Math fun for them.
I fear that by being open to other methods of teaching might in turn make Math even more frustrating for students who have other interests/passions.