Math Career Research Paper

Mrs. Lebowitz, The question was, “What AACPS teacher motivated you to pursue a career in STEM?” and the answer was obvious.
Even though every (good) math teacher shows their students how to do math, you were the first teacher who taught us what the math meant, what people actually used it for. I came out of algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus with knowledge of how to factor, how to use the Pythagorean Theorem, and how to find a function’s horizontal asymptotes, but after your calculus class I had a deeper understanding of the topics you taught us. And, since in your class I began to understand the usefulness of things like related rates or integration, it felt like the years of memorizing properties of polynomials and how to apply an equation to a word problem were finally worth something.
You were always available for me or AJ or Om or Tyler or Nichole or Sam or Kim or anyone who needed help preparing for SAT’s, applying to colleges, or anything else.
When I was younger I thought I would grow up to be a professional soccer player. Now I’m pretty sure I want to study engineering, but many days as I left C286 I would rethink engineering as a major, because maybe I could be a math teacher like Mrs. Lebowitz. Maybe kids could enjoy my math class half as much as I enjoyed hers, and maybe