Letters from two of my (future) students in 2029

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Letters from two of your (future) students in 2029

  • One loved your class!
  • The other, not so much
  • Then a couple of students on what you hope for and worry about as you embark on your teaching career

Letter from a student who love my class:

Dear Miss Li,

I really enjoyed your class. The connections between math topics and real life that you brought to the class have shifted my point of view about mathematics and made me appreciated mathematic as a powerful subject in our life. I still remember the relational understanding and instrumental understanding that you were introduced to us. The process of relational learning was painful sometimes at the beginning but it is very helpful in my further mathematics study. The way you integrated history and art into math class has engaged me in mathematics learning. You are such a caring teacher who always created a supportive, positive and kind learning environment to us.  


Letter from a student who did not love my class so much;

Hello Miss Li,

In your class, it seemed that you made the topics more difficult and more complicated when you try to explain the concept. I am not good at math, and I always got into trouble in the relational understanding. I was always quiet in your class because I was not confident doing math. Sometimes I felt that I was overlooked in your class. It could make me very upset.


A couple of students on what I hope for and worry about as I embark on my teaching career:

I hope you can also create a caring, relaxing and supportive class environment to students who struggle with math. And I hope you can make math class interesting and engaging.





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