Section 1 Welcome to our Class!
I look forward to working with you together this term! The most important part in our class will be to ask questions. You can ask me, each other, and tutors.
I fully believe that everybody can do math and be successful in this class. In my experience, there are several helpful ingredients to successful completion of a math class: inspiration/motivation, supportive instruction, intentional practice, time, and support (inspired by Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers"). I will do what I can to contribute to your inspiration and motivation for this class, to teach you, to provide lots of opportunities to practice intentionally, and to support you in any way I can. I hope you bring motivation to complete your study goal and time to study and practice.
Furthermore, I recognize that each person has a different history and story of their education. Some positive and supportive, others negative and all on their own, most of us will have had some of each. In my class you are not alone. I will reach out to you as best as I can and you are always welcome to approach me with any questions or concerns you have. If I don't have an answer, we will either find it together or I will refer you to somebody who does.
