I LOVE teaching probability and statistics. (I also love teaching exponentials in algebra which is coming soon!). Getting to teach these topics is so challenging but very interesting. I recently visited College GAMEDAY and took a backstage tour of their production. I was told that they have a statistican who works for them. I immediately got excited and asked them to tell me all about it! After telling my students this story, I had a student exclaim, "Ms. Hall I never have had a teacher who gets this excited about math." This was such a compliment! Another said, "You really asked them to talk about statistics at Gameday?" I said, "of course!!"
On another note, one of the reasons I love my job is partly because high schoolers can understand you are a "human." Part of my goal is "humanize" myself to them and treat also like "humans." I showed them pictures from my weekend. So many were really excited for me (some clapped!) but I could tell they realized I am a real person who does not sleep/live at school. This may sound strange but sometimes students do not always realize this. Part of my "managment" philosophy is to let them know I am real and treat them like they are.
Because of this, I decided to not give my Algebra students homework this week, they have to take the PSAT, we had a short week, and they are having nine weeks testing Thursday and Friday. I don't want their stress to overflow into class so when I told them no homework sheet this week, I heard, "You know Ms. Hall I actually sort of missed you over the past four days." (this coming from a student who I CONSTANTLY have to remind to act like a 16 year old and I struggle with often) I told him that maybe it is true: absence (of four days) can make the heart grow fonder!
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