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Name: Michael Gorse
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Current Place of Living: Downtown Los Angeles (this is home!)
Teaching Assignment: Esperanza College Prep in East LA
What I hope to gain: more confidence in my ability to teach math and do so in an effective and efficient (while humanizing) manner
Positive Story from Teaching: Seeing my advisory being very respectful of me as their openly LGBTQ+ advisor/teacher

Time I failed and persevered: Rejections from PhD programs in 2014 that led me to a career in working in education; now part of a PhD program at Chapman, aiming to be Dr. Gorse

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I am from LA and my teaching assignment is teaching Geometry at a High School. One thing that I hope to gain from this course is tips and knowledge from an educator who works in the education field so I can be better. Something positive about this year is I finally got to visit my friend in Austin which I was planning on doing for the past 2 years. only reason why this was so delayed was because of COVID and etc.. so

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Hello, my name is Cynthia and I am from Los Angeles. My teaching assignment is teaching 8th grade math at GALS LA middle school. I hope to gain more knowledge from this course so I can become a better teacher. A positive story is being able to meet new people and make new connections. I have really been enjoying my school placement.

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I am from Pico Rivera, I am teaching at South Gate High School, I hope to gain insight on classroom management and content delivery. A positive story from the year is that I got to take my niece to her first day of school ever.

Failed then persevered: I failed different courses in college and I found that each course needs to be approached differently. I needed to adapt my needs and goals for each course. So when I retook them I had a better experience in the class and had a better grade.

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I was born in Tijuana but grew up in South Central LA from the age of 2.
I am teaching IM3 in Alliance MIT.
I hope to learn more strategies to implement in my teaching so that I better serve my students.
Something positive so far is seeing all the students' faces that first day of school and being able to finally memorize all their names.
One time I failed was during the first test for an EMT course. I had not figured out what learning and studying strategies worked best for me; but once I did, I was able to ace the tests.

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Hello! My name is Sarah Nam and I was born in South Korea but grew up in California. I am teaching 7th grade math. I hope to gain the ability and skills to teach my students math effectively while also helping them become more comfortable with math. I've been able to get to know many of my students. I wasn't able to properly administer Exit Ticket in the beginning but now I am starting to realize how useful Exit Tickets are.

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Hello! My name is Sarah Nam and I was born in South Korea but grew up in California. I am teaching 7th grade math. I hope to gain the ability and skills to teach my students math effectively while also helping them become more comfortable with math. I've been able to get to know many of my students. I wasn't able to properly administer Exit Ticket in the beginning but now I am starting to realize how useful Exit Tickets are.

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- From San Clemente, CA
- I teach geometry at Central City Value High School
- I hope to gain knowledge about how to break down complicated math concepts so they are more understandable and relatable to my students.
- Had a really cool and rewarding "praise" moment with a student

Time I failed: Failed a math midterm in college and then not only went to office hours, but I scheduled individual meetings with my professor on top of that. I passed with an A- because I did so well on the next midterm and final!

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From Boston, MA went to college in Baltimore, MD. Teaching Integrated Math 2 at Science College Prep. I hope to make math 'less boring' and engage my student's lived experiences into the curriculum. My positive story is after moving across the country to a place I've never been before I feel so at home and happy :)

Time I failed: I broke both my hips after getting to the final four in college and had to give up playing collegiately. I switched to spending my time doing more research/ social work and I think it led me to join TFA!

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-Sam Millman - he him his
-living in Culver City!
- Math and Science College Prep
- Tangible tools to improve my performance as a teacher
- Getting to know all of my school's teachers! Lots of super cool people!!!!!

shoutout to Econometrics class...

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Name: Guadalupe (prefer Lupe) she/her/hers
Living In: East Los Angeles
Teaching Assignment: East College Prep, East LA.
I hope to gain powerful insights/strategies to how one should teach mathematics - especially given that many students lost an academic year online.
One positive story from this year. A student who I was warned about academically took initiative to sit in front of the class and has come to all of my office hours to makes sure they are passing!

I used to have horrible social anxiety. I was taking a train up to visit my future college but the train never stopped. So I ended up sitting in it until it paused 3 cities over. So I had to force myself to call my program director and then had to ask for a new ticket/train to go back to class. Now I make sure to reconfirm everything I take any type of transportation.

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My name is Courtney Roddy. I am from Orange County, California.

My Teaching assignment is at University Prep Value High School, which is a charter school in the Pico Union neighborhood of Downtown LA. I teach the Integrated Math 1 course to our ninth graders.

I hope to get more confidence and knowledge as a math teacher.

Its been really awesome to be a part of the community at UPVHS, all the faculty members have been so supportive and helpful to me as I adjust to this new position as a math teacher!

A time I failed: In college I decided to enroll in a finance course that ended up being was sooo difficult for me. I was not passing the course after the midterm. I started going to office hours all the time to get the help I needed and ended up improving so much and because of my perseverance and growth in the course, my professor replaced my grade with my final exam score and I did really well!

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My name is Eden Nava-Martinez. I am from South Central Los Angeles. My teaching assignment is Communications and Technology School at Diego Rivera Learning Complex. From this course, I hope to gain more skills and knowledge to be the most effective teacher. A positive story is that I am able to connect and share my experiences with my students as I am an alumna from Diego Rivera Learning Complex.

A time that I failed was when I was taking my first physics class in college. I dropped the class the first time around because I felt I was really lost and knew I was going to fail. I decided that even that I dropped that class, I was going to put in time to prepare for that class for the next time around. So when I took the class the second time, I started asking question, going to office hours, and developing good study habits.

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I'm from South Central Los Angeles. I am teaching 12th grade math, specifically Statistics at Alliance Morgan McKinzie in East Los Angeles. I hope to learn all the different ways to become a great teacher. I want to make sure my students get the education that they deserve. Positive story: I've heard from 3 different staff members that my students absolutely adore me.

Time I failed: I failed at becoming an Environmental Engineer. Changed majors and went back to wanting to become a teacher.

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I am from Chicago.

I am teaching 7th grade math at John Muir Middle School. I hope to learn how to be a great teacher and how to best serve my students.

Positive story: my students told me that I'm one of the most fun teachers they've had.

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Failed then persevered (Francisco Merlos)

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Failed then persevered (Francisco Merlos)

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Failing a math class my freshmen year then retaking it and earning an A the second time around. Learned better study habits, went to office hours more often. Asked questions during class when I did not understand something, ask the TAs for help

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I remember in high school having to do an AP calculus practice test in my class and not failing but getting a D. This made me work harder because I had always thought math was easy so when there was more of a challenge, I had to work harder to achieve my goal of passing the AP Calc exam, which luckily I did.