My name is Ricardo Amador and I was born right here in San Diego California. My family (before my brother was born) lived in Otay Mesa for about a year and a half and then moved to La Mesa. I attended elementary, middle and high school in La Mesa. I went to La Mesa Dale Elementary School, La Mesa Middle School and Helix High School before moving on to Grossmont Community College. I went to Grossmont for about a semester a then dropped out to become an Electrician. I did that job for about 3 years and decided it was time to get serious, so I re-enrolled in Grossmont and received my Associates degree in Mathematics and then transferred to San Diego State University. I graduated from SDSU with a degree in Applied Mathematics. I am hopping to get either a Masters degree in Mathematics or Statistics.
I have plenty of experience in technology due to my course work for my undergraduate and my experience in the engineering industry. Pretty much all of my experience with technology is oriented towards mathematical applications. The majority of my experience is with Microsoft Excel and mathematical software like Maple, Matlab, and Minitab. I also have programming experience with Java, Visual Basic and C++. It makes me sad that all these skills are becoming rusty as I have nothing to apply them to at the moment.
I am a PC at the moment, but the more I use the Mac, the more I think about switching over. The problem is that outside of the video editing industry and educational institutions PC’s are what is being used and not to mention I currently have a lot of expensive mathematics software (some of it not so legal) that I would not be able to use if I switched to a Mac.
Honestly I had no idea that the college of education had a mission statement until the first day of my 350 class. This pretty much means that it was not a factor in my decision to apply to CSUSM. I applied based on the good words that others have said about the program after finishing it. However I do feel strongly about educational equity, as in the mission statement. Every student should be given what he or she needs to help them succeed. As a future educator I would work to make sure this is something that done for all of my future students.
Wow you have experience with some computer programs I have never heard before. Since they are dealing with mathematics, I am assuming they are complex.
ReplyDeleteI like how you mentioned the importance of educational equity. Unfortunately, not every student is given that they need to succeed, especially when it involves inner city schools and low socio-economic communities.
You seem to know quite a bit about computers--I'm definitely asking you for help when I need it!
ReplyDeleteYou are one of the few people that I have come across since living in San Diego who was born and raised here, it is a rarity! So great that you are pursuing a masters in math or statistics, you will be in much demand with either of those degrees. Maybe a future math teacher or professor in the making???
ReplyDeleteFor some one with so much computer knowledge, you seem to be very apprehensive about using Macs. Don't worry, I will guide you through.
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous that you are good at math. I am so dumb when it come to numbers. I am probably going to need your help at some point in time.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck computer programs are those?? I've never even heard of them, much less used them!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'm glad I didn't find any typos in your blog. We both know what a great writer you were last semester. =)
Bootlegging computer software?!? I wouldn't have expected that from you! Despicable! By the way, thanks for the CSET book....it reminded me how much I hate infinite series.
ReplyDeleteHi Rick! Happy we're all in this class together. We'll all get through this together! We're both San Diego natives! I definitely need this class, as I'm sure you can already tell!
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