Mr. Shcneider grins as he lectures during class. He teaches AP Statistics and AP Calculus.
Selfless Schneider
Senior Mackenzie Morris appreciates Mr. Schneider for preparing her for a career in math
Obviously Schneider has been anything a teacher could ever hope to be. He has taught with such conviction, you cannot help but understand, and even with minimal studying, his preparation left me with everything I needed for the AP test. His class was organized, fun, and easy to manage. Throughout the year, he assured us that all he wanted each night was 30 to 45 minutes of our best work, and I’ll be darned, he is the first teacher who has ever so accurately measured exactly how long his assignments will take. There was never a night I was working for 3 hours, and there was never a time I had been too overwhelmed due to his class.
I feel plenty ready for my future in mathematics, and it is because of this man’s skills in the classroom, but math is just one of the ways he has impacted me.
The first one-on-one encounter I remember with Mr. Schneider was one of the first weeks of school. I walked up to the key to check my work and he reached out to me, asking what I wanted to do in college. When I told him I wanted to double major in economics and math, he did something no one has ever done. He talked to me about it. Not about my goals, my plans, but the subject itself. He and I shared a conversation about diminishing marginal utility. As insignificant as it may have been, that conversation has stuck with me, and it almost validated me as the economist I hope to become. Thanks to Mr. Schneider taking an actual interest in what I love, I feel confident pursuing my future with little apprehension.
What Schneider gave me is more than calculus or statistics. After all, he doesn’t just teach math. He teaches kids.
Mr. Beckmann
Bri Shatto:
Hey Beckmann. I know you are a little upset that I do not come to your class anymore, but I just wanted to let you know you are one of my favorite people in this school. I know you act all tough of the outside, but I am very happy to tell you, you actually do care and I know so.
There was a time this year where I was going through a very rough time, and I don’t know if you remember me crying in your class that day that everything kind of went wrong, but that day will always stick with me because of your reaction. Instead of making me feel awkward or telling me things like ‘Oh, you will be fine’ you truly took your time to talk it out with me.
I have always appreciated you as a teacher because of your ability to play both sides and make your students consider both views of an issue rather than telling them yours and expecting them to accept it, but after that day I was able to appreciate you as someone who was there for me and as someone who cares about your students. I have never really been one to willingly come to teachers or anyone really and talk about the problems I’m facing currently and ask for advice about the future, but I honestly feel like I could come to you for anything without you making me feel small or stupid for being upset. So, I just wanted to say thank you for everything you have done and for helping me become not only stronger as a student, but as a person. You have done more for me, and a lot of your students, than you will ever know.