https://padlet.com/amandamarilynadam/skt2v54e56t4 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-02-06 20:54:26 UTC 2025-09-26 07:47:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Prizecup.png amandamarilynadam https://padlet.com/amandamarilynadam/skt2v54e56t4/wish/151975186 The stories I read reflect my experiences and story of my mathematics history. Today math is a necessity. It is something that each of us need in our daily life. There is no surpassing its universal need. As a child and even still to this day the thought of math is nerve racking. I was the student that just "didn't get it". I struggled a lot in math no matter how hard I seemed to try. I had a tutor, but that didn't seem to help much either. I worked with a LRT and spent extra time with a teacher, but still in math class I was lost. Teachers would push me through with my 50%. Math to me was a bunch of numbers, then once the alphabet was introduced It would bring me to tears. In grade 10 academic math, not sure what possessed me to take academic, I finally made a deal with my teacher. I was walking into the examine with a 40%, bound to fail the credit. He made a deal that if I could get at least 40% on the exam he would pass me with a 50% on the condition I NEVER take an academic math class again. I felt defeated, again. I wanted to "get it". But, reluctantly I agreed and passed with the 50%. Grade 11 I enrolled in applied math. At the end of the semester, I cried. This time not because I failed or was defeated. I passed that math class with 96%! The difference was the teacher. As she taught she appealed to all learning styles. She wrote and verbally examined why steps were needed and how to solve problems effectively. She made math relate to real life, we did our own taxes that year. She was calming and ensured that no student in her class was left behind. Although, math still makes me nervous, especially supply teaching (it has been a long time since grade 11). However, now I approach it in a more calm way, looking at the process step by step. ]]> 2017-02-06 20:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amandamarilynadam/skt2v54e56t4/wish/151975186