Welcome!

Anderson, Mark (2018). Math Cartoon #7227. Retrieved from andertoons.com

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog, where I will be talking all things math! Now if you're anything like me, even hearing the word math sends shivers up the spine – hopefully I can help ease this anxiety around math, as I get more comfortable with it myself. This is my first year in the Teacher Education program here at Brock, and I am so excited to get things going and start my adventures as a teacher candidate. I graduated from Western University with a degree in Studio Arts and English Language and Literature, so it's obvious I'm no mathematician. However, I am super excited to get my math brain back up and running.


Growing up I really enjoyed math – then I hit high school. All of a sudden letters were being thrown into equations, and I was just not about that. I remember struggling a lot with math in high school, going in for extra help constantly in grade 12 functions, and never wanting to put up my hand in class due to the constant fear I was going to be wrong. So hearing about this growth mindset gets me excited because I wish it were the mindset when I was growing up; instead, there was only one correct answer, and only one right way to get to it. I want to teach my students that failure is the best way to learn, and in math, there is going to be a lot of it. I also hope to gain a lot more confidence in math, so that not only will I be able to conduct a clear lesson, but answer any questions students ask me. I'm looking forward to the lesson planning and teaching of lessons, because I know the best way to learn is from one another. Hopefully, I will be able to learn from my classmates and teacher, as well teach them new ideas and ways of learning. 


Anyways, those are the hopes; I should probably remember how to long divide and properly apply BEDMAS before I start teaching children. 

Thanks for reading! I will be posting every other week, so stop back to see what interesting things I've learned and how my math journey unfolds!