I wonder if we’ll see Nita again? I also think the idea of not always having a calculator handy might be a bit passé, since almost everyone has a calculator (and a camera) about their person most of the time.
I have to admire math teachers for their dedication. I contemplated a career switch to teaching and went through teacher training to be a math teacher. My efforts to make math interesting often fell flat with the high school kids, and many kids were openly hostile to any attempt to get them to work in any subject. Most of my energy was spent on classroom control rather than actual math.
Although I was praised as being potentially a very good math teacher and offered teaching positions, the prospect of giving up two thirds of my income was the deciding factor in going back to engineering. The training did not go to waste, however, as I ended up coordinating a school outreach program intended to get kids interested in engineering careers in addition to my engineering work.
Having learned the addition and multiplication tables in the ’50s and having had regular classroom training in mental arithmetic it seems natural to me. I had jobs—gas station and fast food—where mental arithmetic was required. I still welcomed calculators. l often lost my focus when doing computations both in my head and on paper.
Musashi about 1 year ago
I love when OJ introduces new characters. Hope we learn his name soon, because clearly we’ll need to memorize it.
danketaz Premium Member about 1 year ago
Division rules can take care of themselves.
djagir about 1 year ago
…but generally only if you’ve forgotten your phone, at this point.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member about 1 year ago
I wonder if we’ll see Nita again? I also think the idea of not always having a calculator handy might be a bit passé, since almost everyone has a calculator (and a camera) about their person most of the time.
dcdete. about 1 year ago
New math teacher?? Isn’t his teaching 2 plus 2 equals 4 just the OLD math?
I thought that with the new math that 2 plus 2 equals 5.
nuncanunca about 1 year ago
The key to learning the basics is memorization.
Putting the conceptual cart before the memorization horse may sound good, but it doesn’t seem to have worked out very well in the real world.
Decepticomic about 1 year ago
He’s technically right. But math? No thanks.
Newenglandah about 1 year ago
I have to admire math teachers for their dedication. I contemplated a career switch to teaching and went through teacher training to be a math teacher. My efforts to make math interesting often fell flat with the high school kids, and many kids were openly hostile to any attempt to get them to work in any subject. Most of my energy was spent on classroom control rather than actual math.
Although I was praised as being potentially a very good math teacher and offered teaching positions, the prospect of giving up two thirds of my income was the deciding factor in going back to engineering. The training did not go to waste, however, as I ended up coordinating a school outreach program intended to get kids interested in engineering careers in addition to my engineering work.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Looks like the New Favourite teacher has come in the school.
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
Having learned the addition and multiplication tables in the ’50s and having had regular classroom training in mental arithmetic it seems natural to me. I had jobs—gas station and fast food—where mental arithmetic was required. I still welcomed calculators. l often lost my focus when doing computations both in my head and on paper.