I received the following email from a dear student of mine... (okay, I've never met her but I did kind of teach her).
Dear Mr Wadge, I am sitting at a cafe and Lola by the Kinks is playing in the background and it has prompted me to write to you. After 17 years of being out of high school - I decided to return to university (once again) this time to do a degree in computer science. In order to apply, much to my horror, I needed Math 12 to get in. And I needed to finish the course in three months. Yikes. In high school, I took Math 11 over two years and barely passed. But I thought to myself, I am an adult now, how hard can it be? So so hard. But my frustration disappeared after the VLN course directed me to your online lectures. I could not have done it without them or you. So thank you, thank you, thank you. You are an amazing teacher and I am glad I found you in my second round of high school math. I received 92.5% on my final and 87% overall. I have submitted my marks to the university and hope to hear back soon. Thanks so much, Alexis I find it pretty inspiring how Alexis did not let her past difficulties with mathematics stop her from pursuing a new goal. Very courageous! And such determination! We can all learn from this sort of attitude. Let's all send positive vibes to Alexis to make sure she gets into university (who knows, she could be a classmate to some of you...!) Thanks again for the amazing email Alexis! PreCalc 12's: here's a good proof of the permutation formula that matches the one in your workbook15/5/2014 Thanks for wanting to know this Dolores! I miss Aidan Caves. There's nobody else at our school who will agree with me that this is very cool.13/5/2014 And I bet that YOU do too. Be thankful for whatever kind of mom you've got (or had). It beats never having had one!! This week's Student of the Week is Nikola Milenovic.
Nikola is a pretty serious guy. And quiet too. Sometimes when I'm doing my attendance at the end of the day (don't tell anyone that I wait until after 3pm to do it!) I have troubles deciding whether he was there or not. "Well, I don't remember him answering any questions... but that's pretty normal. And I don't remember him asking any questions either... also pretty much the norm. I guess I'll just mark him as being here". Who knows. Maybe Nikola has skipped my class many times and I've stayed completely oblivious! It's somewhat amusing to me that there are two Nikola M's in grade 12 (actually two Nikola Mil's) that - at times - teachers have troubles distinguishing by name alone... because these two are so very different! Many times I have heard a teacher talking about "Nikola M in grade 12" and when asked "which one" the answer is often something like: "the quiet one" or "the serious one" or "not the one who does the fingers thing". Thanks for your quiet determination over the past four years Nikola. It was a great pleasure (and very easy) to teach you. Good luck! |
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