I was never one of those students for whom schooling came easily. On the contrary, there were several significant factors to which I owe deep gratitude for getting me through high school and then my years at university. The first and most significant factor that contributed to and I’d even say caused my eventual success in academia was undoubtedly my mother. She was a constant source of encouragement and confidence for me. Another source of inspiration for my studies came from my teachers. One math teacher in particular believed in me like no one else had. He would allow me to stay after school for an hour each evening and he would go back over the lesson from the day in order to ensure that I knew it well. He introduced to calculators to me and even purchased one for me because he knew I’d never own one on my own.
Calculators literally transformed my abilities to get through school. Before my math teacher, Mr. Jonness, got me a calculator and taught me to use it, my lack of natural talent and practice in mathematics brought me to tears almost each afternoon after school. I would head home and begin right away trying to do my math lessons for the next day....
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