About Calculus and Our Awesome Teacher
Back to when I was 17yo in Perth, I chose Calculus as one of my subjects for TEE (Tertiary Entrance Examination).
No, I didn’t plan to do any maths-related course in University. Nor was I keen to apply for jobs where Calculus was involved.
Basically, I didn’t ‘love’ maths though I was not bad at it.
(At the time, we had to choose 4-6 subjects to do in Year 11&12, and the best 4 scores will contribute to our overall TEE score. That total score will then determine whether we can do the majors we wanted in Uni)
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So why did I choose Calculus?
It was because our Calculus teacher was awesome!!!
She was cool, she was fun in class, she could explain complicated maths into simple, understandable concepts.
She would sit and explain to me till I totally got it.
She let students rant and tell their stories, and she listened. Like a friend.She would laugh and take things easy when I couldn’t understand.
She would come to class and tell us about the rock concert she went to over the weekend.
She let students rant and tell their stories, and she listened. Like a friend.
She was fun to be with and she loved maths as much as she loved teaching it.
Thanks to such an awesome teacher, I found Calculus … fun!
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It’s amazing how teachers have the capacity to make students love something they don’t like beforeIt’s amazing how teachers have the capacity to make students love something they don’t like before (and errr, … teachers can also make students hate something they love before)
Anyway.
Whoever we are, whatever we do, … I think in one way or another we have the capacity to either inspire or turn others off.
Hope we do the former, not the latter.
(Thanks Miss Hawley – a.k.a. Mrs MacNaughtan – for being such an awesome teacher. So happy to have found her on Facebook!)
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Top photo: With Jee-Seon, my partner in crime who tried – but failed – to persuade me to do Law with her and a few other friends in Uni, haha.
Bottom photo: Our Calculus class!
