During my first year in high school, I had a Math teacher that

everyone feared. This woman was not slim, nor was she young. She

succeeded in leading orderly lecture and practice sessions when most

teachers had a hard time every day with us. I have always kept her in

mind when deciding how to lead a group.

Marta Mejía seemed an ordinary Mexican housewife until you heard

her speak for the first time. Her agility in addressing questions to the
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students as part of the explanations of ideas and hypotheses was
when explaining ideas…
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outstanding. She would flawlessly develop an idea , building it up on our
on top of
hesitations and our tendency to make a joke out of every misstep.

At that time, she was the Math Head of the main University system in

the country. Therefore, I guess, the harder for her to keep every student´s
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name in mind and to focus on gettimg ahead with the program no matter
getting
what.

As an adult, I have been teaching a lot. I have followed most of her

style in the classroom, except for a more open approach to the students. I

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have had wonderful feedback from many of them. I owe most of it to
received
one of the best role models, my Math teacher from high school!

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very intelligent, full of energy and very strict. It was clear that she

managed her household the same way. While most teachers would treat

boys as more capable, she did not and became a role model for us girls

in the classroom.

She would structure math so that each step would be logical and