From the Editor’s Pencil
As another school year begins, I can’t help but reflect on how quickly time really does seem to be passing by. Everyone I’ve spoken to in the last couple of weeks has agreed that this summer was the fastest one yet. Mathematically speaking, of course, time passes at a constant rate and it is only the busyness of life and the world that changes our perceptions. However, perception is reality and, for most of us, the reality is that time is going by much too fast.
In a recent comic strip in the Calgary Herald, one of the characters asked whether the speed at which our lives are being lived meant that she should really buckle down and try harder to make her mark, or whether she should just work less and enjoy herself more. Of course, the funny answer was the latter, but it made me stop and think.
For teachers of mathematics, at whatever level we find ourselves, there is joy to be found in the excitement of exploration and discovery, or in the look of sudden comprehension on the faces of our students who have struggled and come to understand. When the news of war and politics and disease threatens to drag us down and weary our outlook, we must remember that joy can be found all around us if we only look for it. We can make our mark and enjoy ourselves. What a wonderful profession we belong to!
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