The person really helped to connect me with mathematics was Mr.Huang, my math teacher in elementary school in China. Yes, in China, we had different teachers for each subject. Mr. Huang was my 4th-grade teacher when I moved from another town. I had been a difficult student how often called out of the classroom, but Mr. Huang changed me. "Math is amazing, and you will love it", he told me that on the first day we met. Actually, I could understand the math concepts quick, but could not sit still in the classroom. So, he allowed me to go to his office when I finished my homework and helped him to mark other's papers. I was proud to have this special treatment and worked even harder on math, then, I found of math now.
One young lady who was struggled on math material gave me the encouragement to be a math teacher. I was her private math tutor. Working with her told me the importance of the self-confidence on learning math. She had a good sense of logical, so after we tried a few logical puzzles, and she successfully managed it, I saw her happy face. She started to try more. I believe, the succeed on the logical puzzles formed her safe base on exploring more areas. She started to build up the confidence, and slowly but steadily build up her math skills. The more she gained, the happier she gets, and the more confidence in her mind, and the harder math concepts she was willing to try. So, this experience encouraged me to think about supporting the new generation to learn math.
I think you got supportive teacher who helped you to have confidence on yourself while learning math. That is really important for Students to get support from teachers.
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