by Jack Boczar Opening It was only a few months ago that I graduated with two bachelor’s degrees as a twenty-two year old. And yet, here I am thrust into teaching students that are almost my own age. While quite strange, it has been great fun, and I do look forward to next semester when…
by Greg Mitchell Ellison Many teachers (including good ones), in my observation, express cynical views of their students, or of the various difficulties of teaching. It’s a perfectly natural reaction to the alienating modes of engagement necessitated by the state of modern higher education; increasing class sizes mean less personal interaction with students, online teaching…
by Peter Francis Cassels Many people whose formal mathematical education ended in high school or early college would describe mathematics as the study of numbers and shapes. If asked further, perhaps they would spend some time recalling the tedium of performing calculations, or of solving contrived word problems which are far removed from any sort…
by Samantha Cauthorn After completing my first semester as a WIP teaching assistant and my third semester as a TA involved in coaching high-stakes writing assignments, I thought it would be useful to reflect upon my own experience in this discursive space. When thinking about what to blog about I was initially drawn towards picking…