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Noyce Scholar Profile

Andrew Barrow

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Mathematics

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Secondary Mathematics

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
California State University San Bernardino

Current academic or teaching status:
Senior

School and school district:
KIng Middle School

Background:

When one door closes another opens up! The company I worked for went out of business (I was a Sales Manager for a boat dealership). This has given me the opportunity to choose a new career that is more rewarding.

Why do you want to teach:

I loved training people in my old job and I love working with kids, so teaching is the best of both worlds for me. I chose math because I feel like this is an area where I can really make a difference. I want to make math fun and interesting for students and hopefully get them as hooked on math as I am.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

I’ve been tutoring math for a couple of years now and I love it. At the community college where I tutor I have a small study room where I tutor one-on-one with students. One day I was in there working when one of my regular students slapped a test she had just taken up on to the glass door to the room. I could see the large “A” in red ink at the top. She was so excited, jumping up and down with a smile as big as the moon. She was failing the class when she came to me, so both of us felt like we accomplished a lot. This experiences has happened numerous times since then with other students and it has made me realize I get a greater feeling of accomplish from my students successes than my own.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

Since the company I worked for went out of business the loss of income has been devastating for my family. I worked in the boat business here in Southern California which has shrunk to near extinction in this recession; there just aren’t any jobs in that business anymore. Meanwhile, the debts are still there. When I went back to school the deal my wife and I made was that we wouldn’t incur any more debt, especially with a sixteen year old daughter that would be starting college soon as well. I went to community college without knowing how I would pay tuition at a university when the time came to transfer. I needed a miracle, and I got one. Noyce has been just that for me. Without the Noyce scholarship I would have had to go back to work after community college doing something other than what I really want to do. Thanks to Noyce I will get the chance to teach and make a positive difference in not only my life, but generations of young mathematical minds!

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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