Math in the 21st Century – Week 1 – Carolina Ruiz

Though I’ll be honest, I’m not the best at Math, it’s not something I hate. I have a love and hate relationship with math. To me, math is super fun when I understand what to do (it’s like a puzzle). When I don’t understand, however, I get frustrated and sassy. As long as I have a kind and patient teacher I’ll have to say I am pretty good at math. I always manage to receive A’s in my math classes, so that is something I am proud of. What makes me happy about myself is that when a classmate needs help, I will be patient enough to help them through any problem they have. I do this because I know the feeling of not understanding. I have a niece that is 5 now and has to do math. She gets frustrated like any other 5-year-old when they don’t understand, but I try to be as imaginative as possible to better help her understand. I hope to be able to do this in a third-grade setting with I’m finished with school. Children need so much patience and I’m willing to find different ways to teach different children if that’s what makes them understand. Just because one student knows how to count one way, doesn’t mean it applies the same to another.