Message to My Students

1. Please schedule free time or weekends for homework instead of putting off until the last minutes.

2. Try another room or a quiet corner if you cannot resist some sources of distractions, or you may go to the library right after school for study.

3. Steps should never be skipped in the homework which will be examined in the beginning of our class, followed by solving important questions from students. Correct assigned work by school or by me by yourself in compliance with the answers attached. Find out mistakes carefully. Do not just erase the careless (silly/casual) mistakes and leave them behind. Always circle and correct them with color pens since they either signify habitual mistakes or suggest blind spots in calculation pertaining to specific individuals. Make sure the same mistakes shall never happen again.

4. Please spend at least 15 minutes thinking hard to solve one tough problem in order for your promotion in math. Locate the points not understood to come up with in our next class. Ask in our class without hesitation because they appear to be similar problems of other students at large.

5. Do not plunge yourself into un-oriented solving, punch keys of calculator ad hoc, or substitute into formulae whatsoever. Math is entitled for methods. Start with relevant examples (in textbook or my handouts of color notes). Focus on connections between given cases and general forms. Think deep in a calm mind other than getting more confused in a rush.

6. A G10 student should spend at least 6~7 hours in a week on average doing math (homework included but classes excluded). Two consecutive hours at a time every day or every other day is a good idea. G-12 should spend 9~10 hours a week depending on each case.

7. Studying math in distraction is absolutely a taboo! You have to turn off everything disturbing you as earphones, cell phone, or computer. One hour of concentration weighs over ten hours of distraction.