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Math Autobiography
As a daughter, I always have tremendous admiration toward my father. I respectfully consider him as my role model as well as my behavior guide. My father, who is a successful business man, surprisingly has great passion for math and solving its problems. That might explain why I take interest in Math when I was at a very young age. People usually describe me as a patient, passionate and hard-working person. Growing up in Vietnam and having a chance to study abroad in the United States have taught me many valuable lessons of life. As a freshman who just entered college, I can speak fluently both Vietnamese and English. I decided to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha not only because of my affection for this beautiful city, but also the belief that UNO is the best place for me to develop my career as well as to achieve the education that I wish. I love traveling and learning about different cultures around the world, which is the reason why I chose international business as my major.
Living in South Asia for fifteen years, I have a lot of experiences with the mathematic system and education that the country provided. Nevertheless, when I first came to the U.S. during sophomore year, I was confused by the dissimilarities in the way the problems are present, as well
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as different methods to solve them between the two countries. However, after two months of studying, I gradually improved in applying the information that I learned to solve the problems, and slowly adapted to the new environment. I passed Geometry with the highest grade in class, and got into Pre-calculus class the next year. Math became more interested to me since I can now use different ways to solve the problems. I enjoyed being in Pre-calculus and AP Calculus, learning new concepts about math and trigonometry. However, due to the difference in language, I sometimes have difficulties in solving real-world as well as concept problems. Moreover, I always struggle with doing math without the calculator, especially with trigonometric functions. As of my experience, I believe paying attention to lectures in class and doing various problems give me the most benefits. When assigning a problem, I prefer to attempt solving it on my own first before discussing with my friends in group. If I get “stuck” on a problem, the first thing I would do is reading over the concept again and trying different ways before seeking help from my sister and friends. In addition, when I confuse and have difficulty understanding a new concept, I will watch some tutorial videos from YouTube and go over my notes again. I love taking notes and think it is helpful because sometimes, they contain the beneficial information and “tricks” that are not presented in the textbook. Calculus I is one of my first classes in my college career.
Therefore, I hope that I can achieve many new valuable experiences as well as friendships through this class. As a student, I believe I have the responsibilities to pay attention in class, and contribute to the class as much as I can. Besides, I need to ensure that I finish homework before coming to class and seek for help when needed. My goal is to become a successful business woman, who has the opportunities to work with different countries and cultures around the world. I am confident that this class will help improving my analytical and organizing skills, which are helpful and beneficial for my career in the
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The biggest lesson I learn during this class is time management. I have a 9 month old baby and he allows wants my attention. I had to rely on a family member to take care of him while I get a few hours to read the textbook and do the writing assignments. I had to truly focus on my work and not go to social sites because I barely had time to do so.
There is an idea that the people in Asia children grow to like math because of the transparency of the Asian system. Gladwell says “Ask an English-speaking seven-year-old to add thirty-seven plus twenty-two in her head, and she had to convert the words to numbers (37+ 22)”(Gladwell 229) but an Asian child ask “to add three-tens-seven and two-tens-two, and then the necessary equation is right there…”(Gladwell 229). This can prove that Asian children are not innately talented at math. The success at math is due to something as fundamental as
Education, according to Dictionnary.com is “the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university”. However, education is taught differently everywhere. The educational system of each country is created based on their own cultures, traditions, and historical background. Each county, perhaps, have their own way to teach and manage their educational systems. Unlike some countries. “The US has most diversified education system in the world, with public and private schools at all levels flourishing alongside each other” (Hampshire, 2006) Even though the U.S. display some similarities such as a diverse population of students in classes and a great emphasize on education and education and academic success, they however differ dramatically in teaching methods, student aids, teacher evaluation system, and resources. Though not so far apart on the map, the education system in Haiti and the educational system in the United states are extremely opposite when it comes to organization, technology, and finance.
As I planed to take this class, I thought this course would be like all other general education courses. I believed that it would be of little use to me. However, after attending the first class, my view has changed completely. I applied each and every theory to my life.
In the summer of 1998 my family fled the newly created independent country of Croatia (Former-Yugoslavia) to the United States. My parents came here in hopes of finding a better life as the economy was still recovering from Croatia’s war of independence. We first settled in Amarillo, Texas for a few months. We traveled around the states for a year or so looking for other refugees. After some searching my parents decided to move to Connecticut as it offered the best incentives for refugees. Listening to stories about this time of my life has given me a chance to appreciate the help we received from various government programs that settled us, clothed us, fed us, and helped us become independent American citizens. Now I want to give back and the best way I know to do this is by teaching the future generations of Americans.
My dad became my biggest influence on my decision-making process. Trent was able to highlight the fact that "parents [are the one's] who value a college education and stress its importance (Anderson, 1985)." Financial aid was another essential factor that drove me to go to college. Financial aid is free money the government grants to students in order to assist in making college a reality to them in our recessional times. In college, I will be able to better myself as an individual. I plan on gaining even more knowledge, maturity, and independence while beating the societal stereotypes of African American from underserved
In Chapter 8 and 9 of Outliers: The Story of Success, Gladwell exams some of the ways that Asian and American students learn math, arguing that some of the principles in the US education system should be reconsidered. I generally agree with Gladwell’s point of view. I believe in two ways, students ' principal spirit and the length of students’ studying, the US education system leaves much to be desired, though an overhaul is in progress.
“Our limitations are those we set up in our own minds.” These are the words my family always live by due to the difficult experiences we have encountered to reach to where we are now. Being raised in a very poor family in Toluca, Mexico, it made it extremely difficult to make a living. Various factors contribute to harsh living conditions especially with the ongoing corruption many Mexican cities dealing with, we were just one of many families struggling to put food in our plate every single day. These conditions always made our community to become hard workers because that was the only way to support our love ones and help create a bond with all the other families to help each other when needed. From young ages, children
Originally, I was born in Afghanistan in 1994. Shortly after the Taliban took over the country which forced my family to flee the country into Pakistan. After my father passed away in Pakistan, my family sought refuge in the United States in 2001. As an Afghan, coming to America, I had to learn everything from English to the cultural norms. In the beginning, it had been difficult because I did not understand the language. Every day, I would go to school and return back crying because I just sit in classes and not comprehend a single thing. But luckily mathematics is a universal language. I quickly grasped it and enjoyed going to school to learn. I started to help other students with mathematics. This allowed me to befriend people and
The educational system differs throughout the world; its viewed and taught differently because of cultural differences. Many cultures view education as a necessity of life therefore family are strict and get more involved in there child’s education. Around the world, education is given to students to prepare them for their future. The American education is considered one of the strongest systems of education therefore many countries the American system. The American education system contains many differences and similarities to the foreign system of education; however, students in the American system are not as successful as those in foreign countries like Japan.
My education journey has been through some setbacks, but I have continued to push forward and conquered. I have felt that I have a fixed mind set and just am not capable of achieving some things. After learning the difference between growth and fixed mindset I have realized that everyone is capable of learning anything through hard work and dedication.
In conclusion, at the end of this course I’m able to see the big image of the class. I found this class has objectives designed in very professional way for students to explore the concepts of communication in business world. I like in this course that we were building the assignment gradually. For example, write the introduction and then get the feedback, which helps me a lot to improve my paper. This class has inspires me and widen my gaze for many keys for successful career. Therefore, as long as I gained these successful elements to help me in my career and I grasped the main concepts of this course I believe I deserve at least A- for this class because of the knowledge that I gained and I grasped the objectives of this course.
My “ah-ha” moment in mathematics happened to me while I was in college. But before I can get into this moment, I must share a little background information about my math experiences in high school and elementary school. Now, when I was in elementary, I was not the brightest of kids. I had to go to tutoring and speech therapy. Although I studied and tried really hard to get good grades, I struggled in almost all of my classes.
My aspiration toward a better education starts all the way back to when I started school in Russia. Out of the short educational experience that I had in Russia, I remember that almost everybody wanted to be the straight-A student (or straight-"5" by Russian grading). That, combined with the constant pressure from my family helped me get excited about school and made me want to learn. My education in Russia was cut short, however, when we moved to the United States.
My educational journey has been like a roller coaster. I have been in the worst spot of my life time. Where I hate going to school but, also think about my father education. My career goal is one of my most important in my life to better myself than I am today tomorrow I will better than yesterdays.