Nour's World

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Remarkable teacher

When I ask myself why I’m here, learning TD and planting in my students’ brains mathseeds to blossom one day, I go back with my memory 6 years ago to the words “you can do it, I’m waiting for your fingerprint in math world”. I remember every single word, they mean a lot to me. My teacher Omar, my idol, was the reason behind my math passion, my success and my future career. What makes a class perfect and unforgettable are the techniques and methods a teacher uses. Math classes in the 2nd year of high school at Azhar Al Bekaa were extraordinary in perfection. As my teacher enters to the class, he awakens math spirit inside us; motivates us, every one becomes active and powerful. He wasn’t a magician but he enters with a big smile followed by funny jokes so he prepares us to the battle, wasn’t math a battle? “Every time you lose, you gain”, he always said. In reality we gain patience and determination to try and never give up. My teacher knows well that the key to the mind is through the heart. His personality and the way he deals with us makes us love him and math. He was a shoulder to rely on, a friend to cry to, and a father who support all of us. I am grateful he helped me to be stronger, hide my tears longer and overcome my obstacles with brave heart without giving up. I am proudly his student and a math teacher as he taught me.

Time ⏳

Years, months, days, hours, minutes and now seconds! I can MULTIPLY finally not only by 2 digits but as many digits as I have. Is there any secret? Why I wasn’t able to do that when I was grade 4. I remember my wide open eyes during math periods, I just dreamed to be exactly as my teacher doing multiplication operations in a blink of an eye without any mistakes. I cried for nights and tried for hours again and again until yes it was done. I took time but now it’s the time to give time to my grade 4 students to try and try and do it in the required time. Timing is very important and I believe that the at the beginning it will take around 10 minutes but it’s a challenge for me and grade 4 to work hard to take away 10- min o’clock and start using 2-min o’clock. It’s about TIME.