Tomorrow the journey begins, I both excited and apprehensive about the beginning of the new semester. I have made my list of notes and objectives for the day.
Why is it so many students (people) find it acceptable to say they can't do math? I do not have an answer to this question. It has been asked and an answer is attempted by minds greater than mine.
My goal this semester is to convince students they can do math! I understand why students feel like they can't do math, often when I look at a students progress reports to see how they are doing in their other courses, geometry is the worst grade. Sometimes these same students struggle in foreign language, but that's a topic for another day. My point is I want to help students not hate math, I know it is too much to ask they like or even enjoy math.
This means I need to get their attention during these first days of the new semester. I have to find a way to "rope them in." It is going to be important to establish relationships with my students, which means I WILL get behind! I have been told if you spend time getting the students on board in the beginning it is possible to get them to work well enough to catch up. I hope it is true!
So tomorrow it is all about beginning relationships, I will check back in at the end of the first day . . .
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