Introduction, due on September 5

Q: What is your year in school and major?
A: I am a Senior majoring in Civil Engineering.

Q: Which calculus-or-above math courses have you taken?
A: I have taken Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Linear Algebra, Calculus 3, and Ordinary Differential Equations.

Q: Why are you taking this class?
A: I'm not going to lie, I am nearing the end of my undergraduate studies at BYU and needed some classes to fill in my 14-credit-scholarship requirement.  Since I only needed Math 290 to minor in math, I though I'd give it a swing.

Q: Tell me about the math professor or teacher you have had who was the most and/or least effective.  What did s/he do that worked so well/poorly?
A: I am a transfer student from Snow College: Ephraim.  My favorite teacher there was Jonathan Bodrero.  He gave us the equations and explained them, and then he did a ton of examples.  He did more examples than theory whenever explaining something new.  That's why I loved him so much as a teacher, he taught me Calculus 1 and 2.  So doing a lot of examples I think is what made him so effective.  In contrast, this other teacher, whose class I later dropped, did too much theory and never enough explaining or examples.  So I think that is what made her less effective.

Q: Write something interesting or unique about yourself?
A: I love and hate math, at Snow College I tutored students, for 2.5 years, in math, physics, and engineering and I loved teaching them.  I loved seeing it make sense for them.  Whereas sometimes I'd be sitting in my own math class and not understanding anything the professor was saying.  I love and hate math, and here I am minoring in Math.

Q: If you are unable to come to my scheduled office hours, what times would work for you?
A: Your office hours work for me.