Nicholas Kremer

Q: How long have you been teaching?

A: My experience consists of my student teaching, which I did last spring at Lafayette. Other than that, this is my first year. Lafayette was a great school. I learned a lot during my student teaching there, which I can apply to this year. It’s gonna be a little bit new.

Q: What are you looking forward to most?

A: The thing that I look forward to most is meeting the students. I’ve heard a lot of great things about the students here. I look forward to teaching math to them, and different ways to approach learning math.

Q; What were you like as a student?

A: As a student, [I was] hardworking. For me, math didn’t come as naturally as it did [with] some people. My method in high school and college was to study. And keep working until I got it. Before was a drill and kill perspective. What makes sense to do is understand why you’re doing the mathematics. Then you don’t have to memorize.

Q: When did you decide you wanted to teach math?

A: That didn’t happen till my freshman year in college. I started off as a mathematics major. Within my first year at Missouri State, I took on a tutoring job with a center that helps students with learning disabilities, to provide them with academic assistance. I found that I really enjoy helping other people. So I switched my major to a math teacher.

Q: What is your favorite TV show?

A: My favorite TV show of all time has to be How I Met Your Mother. Parks and [Recreation] goes right behind it, and then The Office. I do watch quite a bit of Netflix.