My subject, in other words.

   I wanted to post this sooner but I had not figured a way to ask my roommates/friends about my subject matter. The first resource I would use is my best friend who is also an education major and I felt that this assignment I should ask someone who was not an education major what they thought about my specific subject. I have asked my roommates before about concepts in education. It usually gets me very annoyed. Mostly because they tend to believe teaching is easy. Which, as we have seen, is obviously not. This assignment however, fell into my lap, and I found that rather entertaining.
   One of the subjects that I rather love is math. Most people are probably making that scrunchy nose face right now and saying I hate math. That is perfectly fine. That is the subject that I would have asked my roommate about. So now it comes out, no I did not actually ask her, I overheard her. Eh yeah it is eavesdropping, but it fit so perfectly I really could not resist.
   My friend received a phone call asking her about a math problem. It was a "simple" algebra problem. The problem had one variable and her friend was asking on how to solve said problem. The way that she responded, I feel, was the way people view most teachers approach things. The problem was easy to her. And her friend kept asking her, "but why would you do that?" she kept saying because that is the way you do it. She also said "well you can do that but I do not know why you would it would just be stupid." The sad portion to me is that she had no patience when she was asked this question. Which is something that was not surprising. Through school some of us met teachers who did not have that patience and we were pushed to the side to figure out things for ourselves. I also found it was interesting that my friend said, "this is easy," when her friend kept asking her questions. I feel some teachers may think that, "hey I understand this concept, it is super easy," and they get frustrated when their students do not understand the concept. They may also think this student is just not trying, and they are wanting the teacher to do the problem for them. Another part of the conversation that I heard was the fact that after the phone conversation was over, my friend looked at our other friend and pretty much laughed at the fact that her other friend did not get how to solve the math problem. Not only do I find this gut wrenching, but I also think that it happens more often in the school setting.
   This assignment, to me, proves a lot of misconceptions about teachers. Teachers are labeled as people who do not care about their students. They tend to just keep moving on from subject to subject. Yes, I understand that has to happen sometimes, but I also feel that happens more times that is necessary. But I feel Professor Kruse and other like him at Drake are really trying to keep us from doing that and having actual care for our students. That is important in any subject at any grade. And it is possible that we become such amazing teachers that our students will have to ability to explain how to work through problems with other students without becoming frustrated themselves.