My name is Michelle Wieczynski and I am a junior majoring in chemistry
who plans to go to dental school. I am also involved in VolsTeach, teaching
math and science classes in K-12 schools. I took Jennifer Fowler's math 142
class in the fall of 2009. I had taken calculus II in high school
but by the time I took her class I had forgotten the bulk of what
calculus I did know. Jennifer Fowler was always available for me to ask her questions.
Whether it was during her office hours, through e-mail, during class or even right
after class. She genuinely cared about whether or not I understood the material.
I put forth a lot of effort to work out all the problems I could,
and she saw how hard I was trying and went the extra mile to understand it.
Her answers were always clear and constructive. I would spend hours and hours on
homework questions, and when I just wasn't getting it, I would go down to see her
at her office and within five minutes all my problems were solved.
Also, every class period she would take a few minutes to answer homework questions.
This is what I loved most about her teaching style. Answering those questions
together in class made the students interact and ask questions
that we could all benefit from. This made it so that everyone who did the
homework problems was on the same page and I really liked that.
It takes a lot of time and effort to receive an A in a math class,
but a caring, involved teacher is the base. Jennifer Fowler is by far the best
math teacher I've ever had.