"If the teacher made the circumstances more realistic mathematics would be much more fun"

Computer Kid Week 1 Term 1 

I started Year 8 this week and the subjects that I had were Latin, Mathematics, Geography, Science, sport, PDHPE, Christian Studies and Textiles.

This week i enjoyed Latin the most. My favourite teacher this week was my Latin teacher. The way teachers amuses us when he is teaching, such as he got people to dress up in togas makes him my favourite. 

The class that I think was the worst this week was Mathematics. It was not engaging because the circumstance that we were basing the math off such as "if Jim has 200 toy cars then he buys double that at the shop then he sells 16 of them how many toy cars will he have left?" It's just unrealistic and that makes the work a bit more difficult in a way. If the teacher made the circumstances more realistic and was a bit more engaging mathematics would be much more fun and thus would make me more enthusiastic to learn. 

I think that teachers overall need to think about the story behind activities because I don't care how many cars Jim has or what would happen if a volcano appeared in the middle of the city it's just too unrealistic for my taste and that kind of ruins the learning experience. 

Computer Kid