Teachers are among the most significant individuals in our society because they educate, develop, and raise young minds to be beneficial to society and the wider world. The future of the younger generations and future generations depends on them. Even though teaching is a difficult profession, it's sad that they receive less compensation for their efforts.
I've had a variety of tutors over the years, and because of how they taught, I had favorites and least favorites among them. I've had the opportunity to teach myself, and while it can be exciting, it can also be very demanding. I know plenty of people who would have adored to be teachers, but the meager pay turns them away. As a result, teaching now requires passion and perseverance.
If I were to be a teacher, I would love to teach Mathematics
WHY?
My favorite subject in high school was mathematics, despite the fact that the majority of my peers detested it. My mathematics teacher made it extremely simple for us to understand, and I believe that because I was interested in the subject, it was simple for me to grasp the concepts quickly.It can be challenging for some students to understand though, because they have already given up mentally on comprehending and enjoying this topic.
Introduction/Orientation matters
So as a teacher, the first thing would be to calm their minds and make them realize that if they put their heart into understanding basic calculation and formulas, the complex ones is just the aggregation of the simple ones.
I've had the experience of tutoring my fellow classmates while I was in school and found that the reason they didn't understand what was being taught was due to their weak mathematical foundation. As a result, I take my time to gradually return to the foundation; over time, they begin to grasp the concept and are surprised that they thought they would never be able to.
Teach them to take away their Fear of mathematics
The fear of mathematics is the beginning of failure, you will end up confusing yourself the more, I recall while still in secondary school and always listened to how the senior ones who had already gotten admission into the university would make calculus sound like the greatest of all maths, so I decided to study myself before ever being taught, and discovered with time that it was all about following basics rules for each question given, I didn't let the fear consume me when the time came to be taught by my lecturer during my time, I had already gone beyond that stage.
Be a friend of mathematics
I would make my students fall in love with mathematics just like my high school teacher made me to by being patient and not too strict like the teachers that makes their students jump out Of the window when they arrive.😃 Because of their being too strict and don't have any iota of patients for their students. They will even be the ones to instill fear in you that you can never know maths or pass their test and exams. That's a big lie because anyone can achieve what they put their mind to.
This post is an entry to the hive learners weekly contest, week 51, edition 1.
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