Summary and Synthesis

Math has always been one of my favorite subjects, but mostly because it was something that I easily learned. Each year when new information was added to what we learned from last year, I was ready to accept it. But going without math for a while has made me rusty, and then taking this class where we are learning a totally new idea from what we have known is also a little scary. So far I have yet to fully feel comfortable in class with this new idea. I understand what we are doing and why, but to me that isn't the way I learn best, so I have yet to get excited for each classs. By not teaching the tradition math teaching, I think more students will have a better time with math. I will have to work to get myself out of the traditional mindset in order to really understand what we have been learning about with problem solving, and working to teach students ways for them to find the answer, not just my answer.