Alusine Barrie: Math Teachers Simply Need to Smile More
Joke by me - A Trick to Get Sierra Leoneans Good At Math... Pass A Law That All Math Teachers Smile 3 Times for 3 Seconds in Each Lesson Disclaimer: While there are a number of other factors affecting mathematics teaching and learning including a poor foundation, a lack of learning resources, that students don't practice out of school, that parents have a role to play, teacher remuneration, math teacher training etc., my focus today is really on us the Math Teachers; what we can do to get our students more excited about learning mathematics. The matter is a serious one. Mathematics has been dubbed the queen of the sciences but there is no queen more hated than this one. I have been working with university graduates transitioning into Sierra Leone's labour force, and the fear of anything with numbers I see is scary. We try to innovate and transform our economy, yet our efforts will be seriously constrained if Sierra Leoneans continue to be so afraid of the foundational subject
