Emm now that I am in MATHS302 I feel like changing the whole way of learning maths, from my primary school to my high school method. I dont really know whether I am learning or am I listening. Do I really understand things back then and it somehow reflecting how I look at things now. Maths is only a race and not more than that. Who do it fast, who are able to finish first is the BEST. That is how I persuade maths before and somehow it kind of stick on me.
Back then, in my school we use to sit in the same lecture theater and the teacher in front would throw us some questions and the students would immediately try to solve the problem. And the bright student would raise up their hand and confidently answer. Somehow the situation are really competitive and make me dream of becoming a person like her; fast and accurate.
But now I realize maths is not everything about your answer. It is the mater how you find it how you work on it. But when the race perception had stick in your mind for more than a decade it is really hard to be change. When we had a discussion just now, it really make me think that I dont have anything to offer in maths. All I do is copying notes in class, learn from the schema given, answering tutorial and arrived at the answer no matter how. A member of mine mentioned, "I dont like an easy recipe, I would prefer to be wrong than having an answer without understand anything about it. Maths is something to be play with". And deep inside I totally agree with him. All I do till now maybe finding an answer. And I think, it is the affect of my previous way of education.
Previously, we learn without engaging our mind with the problem. Maybe all we know is how to tackle to question, if you got this, and this is what you should do. Do this question as homework and send me the answer; then it will make maths as the personal problem and don't even try to exchange idea with their friends around and wasting the creative ideas you would get. Maybe that's why I am lacking of discussion skill especially in maths. I don't realize the importance understanding the matter and solely focus on the answer since that is where I could get the marks. And that is my priority.
And maybe teachers should change the delivering method in class. Make the students communicate their creative ideas or else they would be loosing the skill of explaining their ideas. Appreciate everything they share and encourage them to think how it is like that. Then the curiosity attitude will naturally develop and help them to learn maths in more interesting way. Then, teachers maybe can think of hiding the scheme of answer and educate them that marks is not everything, it is only the bonus when you understand it. And maybe it would make the student become more creative and it will develop their interest in learning especially maths.
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