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Hello all!
I would like to give a warm welcome to my math
blog.
Here’s a little about myself. My name is Yasmine Khaizaran.
I am a York University graduate with an Honours BA in French Studies. I am
currently working through the Consecutive Teacher’s program at Brock University
in the J/I program with a French teachable. I have a huge passion for languages
and can speak 3 different ones: English, French and Arabic. Although my love
for languages continues to grow, math always seemed to be a language I was
never able to fully grasp and learn. It was my least favourite subject in
school, mainly because I lacked confidence in my skills and abilities. Well,
just like learning a new language for the first time, you have to start with
the basics to build a foundation. You have to start with vocabulary words,
before you could move on to sentences and phrases. I found that I did not build
a strong foundation for math during my younger years in school, which caused a
lag in my knowledge of math in my older years. I always had math tutors who
tried to help me out, but seemed to just expect me to understand everything by
explaining it in one way only.
My motivation to becoming a valuable teacher roots from my
unpleasant experience with previous math teachers. I hope that I can become a
teacher that my students can appreciate. I want to be able to accommodate my lessons
to all types of learners – visual, audio, kinesthetic and writers/readers. I
want to make learning math enjoyable and even fun, that would be a great plus! By
taking my first math course at Brock, I am hoping to gain all the confidence I
lacked throughout my years of schooling. I am positive that I will learn a lot
from the course instructor Sue, just like when she told us if we did not know
the answer to a question in class, have the students take it home for homework
(giving me time to figure out the answer myself, haha).
In my blog, or “math cave”, I will be sharing different
activities that I have completed both in class, and in my placement with my
students. I will be posting pictures and funny memes that relate to math. Such
as this one:
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