Personal information:
My names Ryan, I would like to someday teach mathematics at the high school level. I;m a very avid sports fan, if I'm not playing them I'm watching them or coaching. I had just gotten into coaching this past fall and loved it. It's a different feeling when you see your teaching be put to work and successfully used, which is why I thought teaching would be best suited for me.
Learning Style and More:
For me to take risks in a classroom I must feel that the professor teaching the course is willing to take the same risks that they are asking me to take as well. Such as, if I am going to write a 10 page paper, I want that professor to read every word of that 10 page paper. When looking at myself as a student I believe I participate more in classes that i understand and enjoy. I always show up to class on time and will have the assigned readings or work done for that day before the class has started. I do not like things sugar coated for myself. If I am going to be told something I want the honest truth even if it is not what I want to hear. I stick with something if I do not understand it, and will continue to try and figure it out until I do.
Education Past and Present:
Changing my major was something that came as a shock to myself. Being in business is what I thought I had wanted until I started taking classes and soon realized it was not for me. Education was something that was always around me because my mother was a teacher in the Cleveland Municipal School district for over 30 years so it seemed natural for me to switch to Education. The biggest concern I have in facing education is being able to find a job in my field coming out of college.
About Dr. Shutkin:
What is it that made you want to/intrigued you on becoming a man of education?
