Irina Mazâlu

Mathematics is a wonderful subject and I was always intrigued by it, but it took me some time to realize that. Even though I have 20+ years of experience with this subject, it amazes me how I get to learn something new about it every day. The depth of it is infinite, just like real numbers are. It can be explored or used in a variety of domains (from medicine to engineering) and it was among us from day 1. Some of us love it, some of us hate it and some are neutral when it comes to Maths, but it's a certainty that we all need it.

I now love it and I aced most of my Mathematics exams. In order to achieve that, I practiced and practiced and practiced some more because this subject is like a sport, if you want to be good at it, you have to practice it.

Each individual has mathematical notions and is capable of understanding new ones if the base of these new ones is solid. From my point of view, once we have that solid base, we can go on and build a house on it (in this case, more mathematical knowledge). But firstly, we need to know exactly (or at least have an idea) what we understood and can use forward and where we should put more effort into understanding. Happy to say that I've been applying this method for +8 years now and it sure worked for both young and mature students.

Lastly, and probably the most important thing, Mathematics is a subject that doesn't give up. It's ambitious and it just keeps going forward and so should we!