How Difficult is Mathematics to You?
One of my “sidelines” during my first 5 years of teaching was tutoring mathematics to students. It was quite a good sideline. At that time, I earned some 100-150 pesos per hour for 2-3 hours per session. However, I find it somewhat disturbing knowing how many students (and even college graduates) find mathematics up to this time as either boring or very difficult. I can’t really blame them. Maybe my former professor was right in saying “in most cases, those who are good in math are really born with it”. However, I have always begged to disagree with him. I have always believed that like any field of endeavor, people can learn to love mathematics just like the way they love their pet, a book or a movie.
On the other hand, thinking of the economics in this area, I will admit math tutors will be jobless without people having some difficulty in mathematics. In fact, tutorial groups have become so organized they have become big companies located worldwide. Honestly, it’s only now that I have realized that math tutoring is this lucrative. Moreover, one of the companies I’m talking about is Club Z! Tutoring Services which claims that they are the world’s largest one-on-one tutoring program. Their website indicates that their tutors have helped over 100,000 students improve their grades, raise their test scores, learn productive study skills, build their academic self-confidence, and reach their full potential in mathematics through Math Tutoring. As a tutor myself, I cannot disregard the kind of assistance math tutors provide. Time has proven our worth in assisting students learn mathematics outside school premises, (and in most cases) in the comfort of the students’ homes and at their most convenient time.
For anyone who might be interested in their services, either for themselves or for their children, you should check out their site for more details. I’m sure one way or another they can help you with your difficulty in mathematics.
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hello there kuya jessie(hehe nakikitawag ba din me)
i love math thts why i currntly taking BS in Secondary education majoring math hehehe para sa akin kac mas nadali ang math kesa english hehe (dami pa kaci thesis nun hahaha)
pero applicable kc ang math everywhere have a great day
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jps61974 reply on February 29th, 2008:
bluedreamer,
oo nga eh. math is very exciting. atsaka applicable ang math sa lahat ng fields. ok lang na tawagin mo kong kuya. buti nga hindi lolo. hahaha!
thanks for dropping by again.
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Hay naku friend, I really admit Math is my waterloo. I’m glad I was able to survive all my Math subjects. Laking pasalamat ko at tapos na ako sa chapter ng differential at integral Calculus na yan, at kung anik anik pang mga derivatives ek ek. Hehe. Nung first year college ako, 1st time akong tinawag mag prove ng equation sa board, tapos tigre pa yung prof namin, nanginginig talaga ako sa nerbyos! Di ko nasagutan! :lol
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jps61974 reply on February 29th, 2008:
Fren,
Hindi ka nag-iisa. Lalo pa ngayon eh dumadami ang may ayaw sa math. My own theory about this incident is culture. It has always been inculcated to many that math is difficult and/or boring. But to be honest, math is truly exciting. It’s complex, I admit but highly engaging if you put your heart into it.
Naalala ko tuloy when I was teaching in college nung sinabi mong nanginig ka sa nerbyos nung tinawag kang mag-prove ng equation. Hahahaha! Ganyang ganyan ang mga student ko noon. Buti na lang at di ako mukhang terror kahit medyo seryoso.
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Amor reply on February 29th, 2008:
I was praying hard then that my prof won’t call me, pero natawag pa rin ako, haha! Mejo may *ganti* mode nga ako eh, kasi when I was teaching programming in college, *100 years ago*, nag terror-terror-ran ako, nakita ko rin sa mga stude ko yung *nerbyos* na yun, haha.
And to prove na tlgang waterloo ko ang Math, 75 ang score ng Math ko sa NCEE, yun lang naman ang mababa, in fairness to me.
Like Marlene, naiinis rin ako pag may letters na yung number. Cguro nabasa mo na yung funny math pictures, mga new solutions daw sa math problems na nakakatawa.
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Sa high school, naiintindihan ko naman yung mga lessons namin sa math, but i just don’t have a passion for the subject. Naiinis kasi ako kapag sinabayan na ng letters yung numbers he he… Nung college, sunog ng kilay gawa ko, kasi like Amor’s prof, strict din yung prof ko tapos isa-isa pang sasagot sa board. Opposite bluedreamer, english naman ang major ko. Pero ang pinakagusto ko sana talaga Guidance and Counseling at Journalism, kaso yung univ na pinasukan ko wala pang ganung majors na in-offer.
Sabi mga genius daw kapag magaling sa math. Isa ka na dun, Jess.
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jps61974 reply on February 29th, 2008:
Fren,
Hahaha! Hindi naman siguro ako henyo. Pogi lang.
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bregie reply on March 1st, 2008:
Pwede mag-react sa sinabi mo master: wahahahahaha un lang po…peace(”,)
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Scotty's Princess reply on March 4th, 2008:
Ehemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Pogi daw oh! hehehe!
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jps61974 reply on March 1st, 2008:
Bing,
Wag ka nang mag-react. Hahahaha!
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i know what you mean friend… I was also tutoring few students after work when I was still in the Philippines. Math is one of the, let’s call it “weakest link” (hehehe) of many students. Add Chemistry and Physics to Math… Combine the three together then you will get a lot of complains or swearing from them mainly because they think that the three are like thorns in their report card if they’ll take them lightly.
HOnestly, I didn’t love Math that much when I was in high school. I appreciate it but I don’t love it 100%. I promise myself that I will never pursue a course related to Math but since I like Chemistry… I totally forget about the fact that Math and Chemistry works side by side especially in higher Chem courses… So there you go, I was trapped with my own bait and that’s the time that I left no option but to love Math. Fortunately, I totally fell in love with Math in the long run until I graduated in college… hehehe
kudos to you my friend Jessie at love mo ang Math…
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jps61974 reply on February 29th, 2008:
Sweet Lullaby,
Fren, bata pa kasi ako mahilig na ko sa numbers at puzzles. Maybe it’s my orientation with the subject at a very young age. Kahit mga kapatid ko at magulang very good sa math kasi. So, as young kids eh nagkokontest pa kami in solving puzzles at problems in math.
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I hate Math actually. From high school up to college. Nahirapan ako di tulad mo i know you’re a Mathematician. I’m good in guessing. Like this post, i know kung magkano to. lols
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jps61974 reply on February 29th, 2008:
Ambo,
Pagdating ng araw, tanggal lahat ng comments mo dito. Buking King! Hahahaha!
Hoy tlagang in line sa fields ko tong mga write-ups na to ha.
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Ambo reply on February 29th, 2008:
ano bang pinagsasabi mo? ganda nga ng post na to very informative. I know you’re good in writing brother! masyado kang defensive jan ahahahaha
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jps61974 reply on March 1st, 2008:
Ahahahaha! Loko. Biglang kabig ka ngayon dahil threatened ang lahat ng comments mo. Anyway, thanks so much…
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Wahahaha..Mathematics I hate it too but I am not weak in it. I can understand the lesson today then next week I already forgot it and need to start all over again. I remember during my third year high-school I was embarrass by an algebra teacher because of not saying any word with her question. As in I just looked in her eyes and then try to remember the answer and then he shouted over and over my family name. I grabbed my school bag and then run away from that classroom hahaha. Because of it I was slapped being one of the top ten because she is the only one who gave the line of seven grade which caused trouble with my late father. What a terrible experienced. When I was in first year college I find it hard with the accounting 1/2 subject and then my teacher just asked me what grade I want then I said “the one I deserved Sir” haha he gave me 2.0 which is not bad right? Chickboy yung prof ko lol! Now I don’t have a problem with my kids about mathematics because I got a genious partner in life. Happy blogging everyone and to you Sir Jessie.:)
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jps61974 reply on February 29th, 2008:
Joy, understandable na yan fren. Like I said, kahit ngayon madaming galit sa math. Allergic sila sa subject na yan. Hahaha!
Pero seriously, kung minsan nakaka-bother din dahil very important ang math sa madaming fields, take blogging for example.
It’s good ino-orient nyo ang mga kids nyo at very early ages to love math. you know dyan din nagumpisa yung interest ko sa math eh. Bata pa ko noon at mga magulang ko rin ang nagmulat ng love for math. It served me very very well in the long run up to now so no regrets having loved math that much.
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I can relate to this post…I myself benefited in Math tutorials. During my high school days i need to undergone such coz of math Olympiad contest. Am not good in math at all but with my little training in this field I manage to represent my School till Regional Level. I admire those person who have mathematical expertise, they are all awesome like my master hehehehehe!
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jps61974 reply on March 1st, 2008:
Oh, I didn’t know you’re a living proof of tutorial benefits, Bing. Anyway, though tutorials may be expensive at times, the benefits are undoubtedly undeniable. However, some people have this wrong connotation that when you hire a tutor, you’re weak in that area. That is something I’d like to point out here. Even students who are good in a subject (math, for example) still need some “enhancements” by way of additional reinforcement in learning through tutorials. Not all who undergo tutorials lack the capacity to make good in the subject.
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bregie reply on March 2nd, 2008:
yes, i definitely agree with you master! As i observed 50 to 75%, top 10 students in private schools hired tutors for math subject!
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I’m really glad that Math exists manong jess! Dahil sa math, nakapasa ako sa board exam!whew!pano nalang kaya kung walang math,cguro bagsak na ako. At yong grade 4 pupils ko they learn to love math dahil ako raw ang teacher hehehe!Sana until now love parin nila ang math.
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jps61974 reply on March 2nd, 2008:
Twerlz,
Teacher ka rin pala. Well, maganda yan. Keep inspiring your pupils. I’m pretty sure they will never forget you if you can make them love mathematics.
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oo nong jess..teacher ako sa public school noon, pero nag resign na ako simula nong lumipat na ako sa Cebu… and hindi na raw ako mag-work as a teacher..plain housewife na..so sa mga anak ko nalang ituturo ang Math. Yan ang favorite na subj ng anak kong c Bienne.
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jps61974 reply on March 4th, 2008:
Oh, that’s a wonderful plan. Don’t you know, Twerlz, that my mother was my first-ever teacher?
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hello kuya…duhh super hina ko po sa math. kailangan pa paa at kamay to calculte hahhahaha…. Pero I learned that kung talagang focus lang and very attentive during discussion cguro matutoto din. Yun lang po….
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jps61974 reply on March 4th, 2008:
Honey,
Marami kang katulad pero ok lang yan kasi hindi naman lahat gifted sa Math. Anyway, practice makes perfect. If one really wants to be good at something, practice will help a lot.
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Math? Kaya pala ang spam filter mo addition kuya jessie, ehehhe.. Anyway, I recommend Math, Science and Internet Concepts for the youngsters.. I have a 6-year-old na pamangkin who is good in math.. later I’ll teach him to appreciate science and eventually the internet and be the youngest blogger ever..hehehe.. what about “Make Money online with an 8-year old?”, i still have 2 years to teach him, hehehe..
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Scotty's Princess reply on March 4th, 2008:
Joliber, the youngest ever blogger was a Filipina, a blogger at 10 named Lauren. If your nephew becomes a blogger as early as 8, it would be a record-breaking event! Will be looking forward for that!
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I hate figures ever since but I learned to love Algebra when I reached College. Uulit-ulitin ba naman ung process since high school, hahaha! Pero Im thankful pa rin that CS Exams contains less Math questions, hehehe! Pag nagkataon, lagpak ako, hahahaha!
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