I am taking my final class at Otterbein University; Nature of Mathematics. It’s not your traditional math class with numbers and formulas. It’s about how math impacts our everyday lives. It’s also different than the prerequisite College Algebra class in two keys ways: content and presentation.
Today, I am thankful for professors who teach with passion!
Over the first two weeks, we’ve been talking about verbal proofs. My professor, Dr. H, not only gets excited when presenting to us, but he gets us excited, too. His attitude is contagious; he almost dances across the front of the room while rapidly writing out proofs on the blackboard. He spins and jumps and nearly shouts when he announces: “And now, my students, we have a CONCLUSION!”
As he teaches, Dr. H will stop and ask if we understand what he is saying. Sometimes, we do. Sometimes we do not, either because of his soft-spoken Romanian accent or because he went too fast in his excitement. He will pause and carefully go over the material so that we grasp it. Dr. H has said that he is not worried about getting through the textbook, he just wants us to learn so that we are not afraid of math.
Think about your work. Are you completing your tasks just to get through them, or are you attacking them with gusto and sharing excitement with the people around you? Imagine the possibilities!
