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Hey guys! Welcome to my blog on teaching mathematics. As a junior intermediate teacher candidate at Brock university I knew I was going to have to enthrall myself into the world of mathematics (a world that gave me literal nightmares as an elementary school and even high school student), however upon entering the program I realized something highly comforting- the vast majority of teacher candidates are just as terrified to be in this course!  I guess this really isn't surprising considering alot of teacher candidates are the English majors or Arts majors etc. And all the math majors are probably more likely to be pursuing careers in accounting and finance- this is great news!  We're all bad at math and we're all re-learning at the same level. As a student I had several math tutors, some being notably better than others.  These particular tutors made certain math stick in my very right sided brain.  This is my aspiration, my goal coming out of this course...