Favourite and least favourite math teacher

My favorite maths teacher was my professor in my ubc maths class Math340. Math340 was about mathematical game theory. The teaching was about discovering mathematical explanations in games. Every class the professor would start with a game related to what we would learn and choose some students to come up and play the game. After the game is over the class content begins. Even though it was an afternoon class, I felt a little tired and sleepy at first, but I always felt energised by the little games before class, as well as having a great desire to learn more. What I have learnt from this teacher is how to capture the attention of students and increase their curiosity. In my future classes, I think I can also prepare some relevant games to engage my students before I start.

My least favorite teacher was a small classroom teacher in high school. This teacher's lectures were fast-paced and spent the first half of the lecture on knowledge and the second half of the lecture giving the students practice questions to practice themselves. When the students ask for help with something they don't know in the exercises, the teacher loudly judges the students for not paying attention in the previous class. What I have learnt from this experience is that in my future classes, I will welcome every question from the students and not blame them. I need to be careful and slow down during the lecture so the students can follow better.