Can math teachers inspire creativity?

Question

Im not sure if i want to teach high school math or high school english. Im looking to inspire creativity, the expression of self against the dark, hard world. Can a math teacher do that?

Answer 1

No, english would be a better way to do that.  

Answer 2

Regardless of subject matter, a good teacher will inspire creativity!

Answer 3

Wow! If you're smart enough to teach both do you need to choose?  Can't you take both methods?  If you're a creative, motivated person you'll always find ways to reach your students.  As a Maths-English teacher you will be so employable!  And if you've ever thought of teaching internationally this would increase your employment chances as many non-English speaking countries, such as the UAE (Dubai), China and Japan are wanting to offer maths classes in English to increase their student's chances in the international market and prepare them for university.  To further answer your question an inspired teacher is an inspiring teacher.  The teaching department at your university will have many books about exciting ways to teach maths and examples of great teaching practice.  (By the way I'm an English teacher who's terrible at maths but still I say do both methods and be inspirational!)

Answer 4

"the expression of self against the dark, hard world" -- I think you'd better teach English!  Yes, you can inspire students in Math, but inspiring creativity in Math doesn't quite work.  Kind of hard to be creative when you have to follow the formulas!  My daughter's favorite high school teacher is a math teacher, but she also had that teacher for home room, and had more creative fun with the teacher in home room than in math class.  But, her second favorite teacher is an English teacher and also teaches the drama classes.  She doesn't really like literature classes but that teacher was able to inspire her creativity so that she actually enjoyed the literature class she took from him and even specifically chose him when she needed one more literature class and had to take it independent study.  

Answer 5

Lets look at the averages?

or is that math

Answer 6

A good teacher can do amazing things, but it is a very frustrating and often very unrewarding job.

Answer 7

no i dont think so cuz im in highskool nd i get NO inspiration from my math teacher.

try to be a like counciler or something like that

Answer 8

I think the easiest way to inspire creativity would be english..math is more... factual than english..which is a beautiful  source for creation

basically.. in english you give them the tools and the end results are endless...

in math you can creatively teach them but in the end theres only ONE right answer although math projects you could have them build things using math formulas to measure and what not.. but your goal in math is to get the same end product no matter what..

Answer 9

No Math = Lots of Fun

I mean half the stuff we learn don't even help us

Answer 10

I would assume, from my student perspective, that an English teacher would be better suited for that. I don't think you'd be able to teach a quadratic formula, and come out with a dark world vs you perspective with a fluent lesson plan. I personally thought of math simply as formulas and equations that are applicable to certain world connections...but nothing insightful. But then again, I think I had a bad teacher. She loved math but she didn't know at all how to help us study it with a little more happiness.

English/reading is much easier to teach along with perspectives about the things you want to inspire.

I am a 14 year old student going from 8th to 9th grade this fall.  

Answer 11

Of course, math can be VERY creative.  Using manipulative's and teaching creative math puzzles and problem solving, real life dilemmas are all fun if the teacher likes to teach it.  It completely depends on the teacher! (Besides, the school system is searching for math teachers- job security!)