Schedule:
Zero Hr: Credit Recovery (2nd Semester)
1st Hr: FST (Functions, Statistics & Trigonometry)
2nd Hr: CONFERENCE
3rd Hr: Foundations of Algebra 1
4th Hr: AP Statistics
5th Hr: AP Statistics
6th Hr: FST (Functions, Statistics & Trigonometry)
I have a Masters in Mathematics Education from Western Michigan University and a Bachelors from Indiana University -- graduating with highest honors from both. I have been hired two years in a row by the College Board to grade the national AP Statistics exam.
My husband of 28 years works for IBM, and my daughter (Chemical Engr), son-in-law (Mechanical Engr) and son (double major in Economics and the Mathematics of Finance & Risk Management) all work for Whirlpool.
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One of my favorite questions from students is "When am I ever going to have to use this stuff?"
My response is "the complex mathematics, maybe never . . . but the problem solving process, every day for the rest of your life". Mathematics teaches logical problem solving and helps the teenage brain develop to it's fullest potential.
Research from UCLA:
"In the womb and during the first 18 months of life," when the brain undergoes its most drastic changes, "an infant doesn't have much say about the way things turn out. But during the teenage years, "a person has a lot to say" about the way his brain develops".
In that critical interval, he said, the rule for brain structures appears to be "use it or lose it. What we think then happens is that if a person is doing sports or academics or music, then those are the abilities that are going to be hard-wired" as the circuits mature. "The teenage years are a kind of critical time to optimize the brain." As a mathematics teacher, I love being a part of building stronger minds and creating life long learners. I want to help my students achieve the brightest possible future they can!
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those
who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
Alvin Toffler
