I would also like to thank Jodi for her question about mathematics.
Although I replied directly to her, I have enjoyed reading the comments
about what a person can do with a math background. My son will be
graduating from the University of Dayton in May with a dual degree in math
and economics through the college of Arts and Sciences. I told him that I
would send him some of the information that I have read from this listserve.
Thanks for all of your input! Cort (my son) has his first job interview
today with Saturn for a job as a financial analyst, another job for the
mathematician.
Nancy J. Sattler
Terra Community College
Fremont, OH 43420\
nsattler@terra.cc.oh.us
At 11:18 PM 2/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been reading with interest the thread started with the questionms about
>elementary math ed lasses. I, too, have taught that class and have become
>discouraged by the fact that the content is so "weak" that many students who
>dislike math (are math-negative) still pass the course.
>
>Someone mentioned within a response an idea that I think has merit. I
>wonder if anyone else agrees. I'd like to modify it slightly and be a
>little more specific:
>
>Why not starting in the 4th (or maybe even the third) grade, don't we
>certify elementary teachers into two "subject areas"? They could either be
>math/science teachers or English/Social science teachers. Aren't third or
>fourth graders ready to have two teachers. (I don't think first or second
>graders, in general, are.)
>
>Not much we can do about it, but does anyone else think this idea has any
>merit?
>
>
>
>Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
>
>"It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
>What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
> John Wooden
>
>John 3: 33 + 3
>