This week's Student of the Week is Sarah A!
It's hard for me to believe that I only taught Sarah a single year. In those ten months I have come to think very (VERY!) highly of her. Sarah is the first person I have ever taught from Egypt! It is a country that I have some great memories from (you may recall the story of me and the Australian boy riding horses through the Sahara Desert. Straight out of a Hollywood movie!). Most of the people I met in Egypt were much like Sarah: friendly, thoughtful, and polite. Sarah is a great student. She always worked very hard. She always prepared well for tests and quizzes. And she would ALWAYS send me emails if there was even the slightest bit of confusion with her engrade mark (good for you Sarah! Way to keep me on my toes!). One of my favourite memories of Sarah is when she brought her younger brother to meet me. He is an elementary school student who took grade 8 Math with Mr. Habibian this year (impressive!). He was - no surprise! - so polite and sincere. It was a pleasure to meet him. Kudos to Sarah's parents - they raised two (maybe more?) delightful children! Unfortunately, Sarah's brother will not be attending King George next year. He will be making the move to Handsworth, a school much closer to where he lives. In a relatively short time, you have become a very special student to me, Sarah. I am so thankful that you came to our school (even if it was for just one year). With your hard work, cheerful personality, and natural intelligence I know that you will be very successful doing... WHATEVER YOU WANT IN LIFE!! I wish you all the best. I will miss you Sarah! What the study did find was that children's reading ability and math ability seem to be related — and much of that relationship can be explained by genetics. Glad Sophia came home before the entire country slipped into a despondent state. This week's Student of the Week is Matin Y.
You already KNOW what I am going to say about Matin: this guy is one INCREDIBLE math student. I am quite certain that his cumulative average for his entire time in my class is over 100%. It's so high that it's almost embarrassing (to me). I mean, if a student gets OVER 100% does that mean s/he knows more than the teacher? Hmmm... maybe. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago, there was a question on the Permutations homework that someone (Melanie?) was asking me about. She wasn't getting the answer in the back of the book (BOB!!). I looked it over and ALSO wasn't getting the indicated answer. However, I still wasn't positive. What to do? No problem. I called Matin over and asked him to check our work. Success! He got the same answer as Melanie and me. No more doubts; BOB was wrong. Besides being a great student, Matin is also a super guy. He has always been very respectful and friendly to me... to EVERYONE! He volunteers a lot of his time with tutoring and helping out with math club. You couldn't be in better hands if Matin is helping you with your Math difficulties! Go ahead and ask; he's very willing to help. One thing I love about Matin is his propensity for laughing and having fun. He's got a giant smile and a great little chuckle. He has figured out the perfect balance between working hard (and achieving incredible results) and having fun. I would go as far as to say that I have witnessed him acting silly at times... and I love it! Life is too important to be taken seriously all the time! Matin is one of my grade 12 students who I likely need to say "Sorry" to for not challenging enough. I wish you all the best at university Matin. I know you will be successful. Set your goals (very) high. There is no reason for you not to achieve them all. Thanks for being in my class. I will miss you! |
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