Letters from Future Student

 Hi Mr. Cheung,

I hope you are doing well. It's been 10 years since I graduated, and I just want to thank you for teaching me math! You've been such a role model and an inspiration to me that I've decided to go into teaching. You make math so enjoyable with the Jeopardy games and group activities, and you can explain problems from different angles to accomodate for various learning styles. You also helped me see how math is useful in everyday life. Finally, I appreciate all the encouragement and am thankful that saw the potential in me and pushed me to reach it. In aspire to teach like you, and help other kids who are stuggling with math. Thank you for everything!

Hello Mr. Cheung,

I am going to be honest. I did not like your class. You sped through the curriculum and talked too fast. In addition, you spent a lot of time with other students that I felt excluded from the rest of the class. I admit that I am not the brightest math student, but I certainly needed help. Whenever you tried to help me, it seemed as if you lost your patience and gave up. In addition, I still do not know up to this day the importance of math in our everyday lives. The word problems you assgined were impractical and extremely challenging. The games we played in class left me lost and were catered towards the stronger students in the class. I wish you all the best moving forward, and wish the best for your students the following year.

My hope as a prospective math teacher is to be able to make math fun and practical for my students. I hope to be able to implement inclusivity in my classroom and teach to students of various learning levels. For the bright students, I hope to push them to reach their potential. For the students who struggle with math, I hope to help them achieve their goals and scaffold them along the way. My biggest fear is excluding a student from the rest of the class because they were hard to teach and possible because I've lost my patience. This awareness allows me to be more cautious of my body language towards students in the classroom and serves as a reminder that I need to be inclusive of every student, not just the strong ones.