Michael Tang
Michael Tang

Michael Tang

High school math, science, physics, and special education resource teacher and basketball coach

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Why Teach?

One of the biggest influences in my teaching career has been the late basketball coach, John Wooden. He retired from coaching almost a…

Jan 7, 2017 · 3 min read
Jan 7, 2017 · 3 min read

Ontario, please invest in people

Stop the proposed education cuts

Jan 3 · 3 min read

When Will I Use This?

What I use the most from my undergraduate math education and optimism for the curriculum shift in British Columbia

Aug 28, 2018 · 4 min read

What Is Success?

When the new school year starts later this month, my first day plan will include an activity where students think about what the word…

Aug 9, 2018 · 3 min read

We want students to think critically, but what does that mean?

How I used the “is water wet?” debate to practice critical thinking

Jul 25, 2018 · 3 min read

Draw A Scientist

On a recent grade 9 science quiz, half of my students assumed that “a scientist” was a “he”, while the other of half did not assign a…

Sep 22, 2017 · 3 min read

Why Not She?

Something irked me while I was grading the final question of a science quiz.

Sep 15, 2017 · 2 min read

3 Ways My Mindset Toward Teaching Has Changed

This semester I have had the privilege of planning and teaching the first calculus class ever run at my school. Calculus is the study of…

May 30, 2017 · 3 min read

“Iron Your Socks!”

Paying attention to the littlest of details

Feb 4, 2017 · 4 min read

1952 — The Year Grandpa Beat Three World Champions

Part 1 of a personal project to learn more about my grandfather’s years as an international table tennis star

Jan 14, 2017 · 5 min read