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thegreenlaser
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My friend is taking linear algebra this semester, and math is definitely not one of her passions. She was nervous about taking it, but ended up doing it because I got an A+ in the course last semester and said I would help her with anything she's having trouble with. Unfortunately I'm having a little difficulty. She'll ask me a question and things make sense in my mind, but I have trouble getting that understanding across to her. This tends to end with her feeling like she's just bad at the subject, which she isn't. I think the main problem is that we think quite differently: I love math and love going in-depth while she just wants to get a decent mark in the course and get it over with.
Does anyone have any tips about how to be a good teacher, especially in math/science? I enjoy helping people with math/science, but I'm only really good at it when I'm teaching people who have the same love of math/science that I do. Obviously, a lot of the people who ask me questions aren't like that, which makes my teaching abilities quite limited.
(I guess this should probably be in Academic Guidance. Sorry)
Does anyone have any tips about how to be a good teacher, especially in math/science? I enjoy helping people with math/science, but I'm only really good at it when I'm teaching people who have the same love of math/science that I do. Obviously, a lot of the people who ask me questions aren't like that, which makes my teaching abilities quite limited.
(I guess this should probably be in Academic Guidance. Sorry)