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教师重点:2018年5月

Wrapping up his 55th year of teaching at Fenwick (with four more as a student!), Roger Finnell '59 is Mathematics Department Chair and a true Friars' treasure.
你的教育背景是什么?
RF: 1959年我从esball世博大学毕业. (世界职业棒球大赛中的白袜队!) B.S. (natural sciences) from Loyola University Chicago in ’63 (the year they won the NCAA basketball!); M.A. 来自芝加哥洛约拉.
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1958年,芬内尔成为esball世博三年级学生.

在成为esball世博的老师之前你是做什么的?
RF: I graduated from college and started at Fenwick three months later, in September of 1963. (显然,那时我才五岁!)

你喜欢读什么?
RF: 的 《esball世博》 magazine, for play and movie reviews and in-depth articles.
你在课堂之外有什么兴趣爱好?
RF: Travel and seeing plays (some for possible BFG production) and seeing White Sox games (once saw a no-hitter vs. 袜).

你在学生时代参加过哪些球队/俱乐部?
RF: 我在esball世博乐队演奏中音萨克斯管(现在还在)!).

你在esball世博有哪些俱乐部/运动/活动?
RF: 我是国家数学系的教练. (I’m the only original head coach in Illinois still coaching since the state contest started in 1981.)我制作并指导BFG的作品. “Banua 2018” was show #82 as a director (100 as a producer). I am Vice-President of the Archdiocese Math Teachers’ Association (board member since 1968). 我也会尽我所能帮助凯洛斯的静修项目. I am a member of the State Math Contest Committee (head statistician since about 1985). 33年来,我一直组织学生去伦敦旅游. 多年来,我一直担任学生会主席. (不,真的,我有时会睡觉!)
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As student and mentor, Roger has spent a total of 59 years (and counting) at Fenwick!

esball世博学生的特点是什么?
RF: Gifted, hard-working and (希望) caring and compassionate

When did you decide to become a teacher, and why did you choose this field?
RF: 我一直很喜欢数学,而且(希望)数学很好. I decided in junior year of high school to be a math teacher, inspired by Fr. George Conway, a legendary Fenwick math teacher, who was my teacher 在这里 for three years. (And I did get to teach with him for about five years when I returned.)

What personal strengths do you find especially helpful in your teaching?
RF: 我是一个很好的倾听者和一个细节人. I think this helps me anticipate almost any question a student may ask. I guess maybe I can visualize the wheels turning in their minds.

你最喜欢教学这个职业的哪一点?
RF: Every period of every class day is different and brings new experiences. 我喜欢看到学生们在数学知识和, 希望, in developing constantly more mature attitudes towards study.

你的教育理念是什么?
RF: 像对待年轻人一样对待我的学生, 因为这就是他们的本性(也是他们的行为方式), 但不是所有的, 的时间). As I do this, 希望 I can help instill Christian values in them both in and out of the classroom. I strive to encourage students to think analytically and to develop sound reasoning techniques, and to help students see the beauty and logic in the mathematics and its place in the structure of God's universe.

你在教学中最大的成功是什么?
RF: Seeing that my students are well prepared in math when they leave for college and hearing from them about their success in college math and, 对于一些, 听他们在职业生涯中如何运用数学.

What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today?
RF: 在当今这个技术时代的社会, I hope that students will not just rely on calculators and computers to do all of their thinking for them. And that they will not let social media dictate how they live their lives morally.

你如何鼓励课堂参与?
RF: I hope my students know that they can stop class at any time with appropriate questions. 可以肯定的是,我正在寻找的思考正在进行中, my goal is to hear every student's voice in class every day. 这种情况并不总是发生. But I will ask students whose voices I have not heard whether they see what is happening in a problem and hope this will encourage questions from them in the future.

有难忘的时刻吗??
RF: 从哪里开始?
  • As student Council Moderator, many successful homecoming weeks and proms. )我数不清了!).
  • Spending a large amount on bringing to Fenwick “Otis Day and 的 Nights,电影《esball世博》乐队, for a concert in the Lawless Gym that wound up drawing a crowd of 1,100.
  • 作为伦敦的导游, watching students’ reactions as they were exposed to so many historical and cultural sites in London and surrounding areas and, 好几年了, 在巴黎.
  • 作为数学队教练, 2002年在我们区获得了州冠军, 之后有六七次获得第二名, along with a good number of individual and team event state champs.
  • 作为BFG的制片人/导演, guiding so many very talented student performers to success in so many memorable productions. I follow the professional performing arts careers of some very gifted BFG alumni. (My favorite BFG show is “Les Miserables” from 2011 — it was the perfect show for a perfect cast.)
  • 作为一个数学老师, getting the privilege of helping to develop the math skills of so many extremely talented students. 现在至少有两个具有Ph值.D.是在数学上. Mr. 科蒂和太太. 埃斯波西托是两名前国家数学队队长!
  • As 凯洛 assistant, so many emotional moments as I see retreatants growing in knowledge and love.
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