Pause Please?

I ask a respite push clit on my summertime or something.  These past times few weeks direct maintain been BUSY!  Vacation Bible School.  Tulsa Math Teachers' Circle Summer Immersion Workshop.  Presenting at the OCTM Summer Conference.

The MTC Training was incredible.  I had hence much fun, in addition to I did hence much math!  I've ever idea that I when I pursue a master's flat it volition hold upwards inwards education.  But, spending iii days doing math amongst mathematicians has made me start out thinking virtually peradventure pursuing a master's flat inwards pure or applied mathematics.

Will I truly pursue this?  I direct maintain no clue.  Just concluding week, I told someone that I couldn't run into myself leaving the secondary classroom anytime soon.

When I graduated from college ii years ago, I was done with college.  I was get to hold upwards the instructor giving the homework instead of the pupil doing the homework.  At The University of Tulsa, I had the amazing chance to consummate split flat programs inwards Pure Mathematics through the College of Engineering in addition to Natural Sciences in addition to Secondary Education through the College of Arts in addition to Sciences.  I never quite savage inwards dear with the procedure of writing proofs, but I mean value that sense helped deepen my dear in addition to appreciation for the subject.

Fast-forward ii years.  During the MTC training, I think thinking how much I wished I had been able to direct maintain a shape inwards Number Theory every bit an undergrad.  This past times weekend, I went inwards search of a complimentary online give away theory book.  And, in addition to hence I proceeded to start out completing the exercises inwards order.  The source sets of exercises is a fix of proofs past times induction.  As I started working through these, I realized only how much fun they were.  I didn't mean value I would ever call to proofs in addition to fun inwards the same sentence.

I'll endeavor to write a to a greater extent than reflective post on my MTC experience, but for forthwith I volition country that it was a refreshing (and exhausting!) sense to pass 2+ hours on a unmarried math problem.

This week, I'm at OGAP which is an only dissimilar experience.  It's v days of sharing best teaching practices in addition to working through algebra in addition to geometry activities.  And, it's this type of workshop that makes me mean value that I'd dear to learn time to come math teachers around day.  Be a instructor of teachers.  This would hateful pursuing graduate studies inwards instruction instead of math.  

Does anyone direct maintain a crystal ball I tin borrow?  I hope I'll provide it.  I only ask to direct maintain a peek at my time to come hence I tin run into what type of flat I should pursue.  :)

Be on the scout for lots of reflection posts soon!


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