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My name is Aimee Olson, and I'm
a seventh grade math teacher

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at Pacific Middle School.

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I just really love
working with kids.

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I've had a passion
for working with kids

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for a really long time.

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I feel so grateful that I get
to teach the students that I

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have from all over the world--

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different countries, different
cultures, different languages.

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I try to make a genuine
connection with every single one

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of my students every single day,
whether that be about the math,

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about their sports, what they
do at home, how they're feeling,

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so that every student feels
that they have connected

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with me in that class period,
that they're leaving feeling

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like, oh, Ms. Olson
cares about me,

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loves me, and takes
interest in me.

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Once I have that
relationship with them,

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once they feel like they are
a part of this classroom,

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that they're included and
safe, then the math comes easy.

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It is OK to make
mistakes in math.

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What makes a good mathematician
is growing and learning

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from our mistakes.

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You see me up there
making errors,

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and then I just check
my work, and I fix it.

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And that's what
we're going to do.

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No one is a bad mathematician.

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We are just all still learning.

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I remind my students that we're
all coming into our classroom

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at different levels of
math, and that's OK.

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And that's what makes a
really good classroom,

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is we can all help build
each other up in what we know

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and what we don't know.

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My students are really brave.

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They're really strong.

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So I'm like, you can
do math and more.

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You're going to be successful.

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And I want to help
get them there.

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That is my why.

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