{"id":7989,"date":"2013-10-30T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2013-11-05T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T23:06:08","slug":"know-your-profs-camosun-college-math-instructor-bogdan-verjinsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/10\/30\/know-your-profs-camosun-college-math-instructor-bogdan-verjinsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Profs<\/em>: Camosun College math instructor Bogdan Verjinschi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs<\/i> is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll get on it.<\/p>\n

This time around we caught up with mathematics instructor Bogdan Verjinschi and talked about the struggles of teaching math, thank-you letters, and education via pills.<\/p>\n

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Camosun\u2019s Bogdan Verjinschi knows a few good math jokes (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1: What do you teach and how long have you been a teacher at Camosun?<\/i><\/p>\n

I teach mathematics and I have been teaching at Camosun since 2001.<\/p>\n

2: What do you personally get out of teaching?<\/i><\/p>\n

I actually enjoy teaching math and I am very pleased when I can help my students understand the material we need to cover. I get a lot of enjoyment in seeing their faces lit up when they \u201cget it\u201d: when they understand fully the concepts I present to them.<\/p>\n

3: What\u2019s one thing you wish your students knew about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

Although a difficult subject, math is<\/i> very useful in peoples\u2019 lives. I am aware of how apprehensive students might be about this subject, and I am here to help them.<\/p>\n

4: What\u2019s one thing you wish they didn\u2019t know about you?<\/i><\/p>\n

Where I park my car. No, no, I\u2019m just joking.<\/p>\n

5: What\u2019s the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher here?<\/i><\/p>\n

Not one, not two, but 15 thank-you letters I received in one day.<\/p>\n

6: What\u2019s the worst thing that\u2019s ever happened to you as a teacher?<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the point to all these computations?\u201d This was a question asked by a student well into the course.<\/p>\n

7: What do you see in the future of postsecondary education?<\/i><\/p>\n

Long into the future, students get their education through pills purchased in learning dispensaries. The pills are generally very small, but the math pill is very large: even in the future, math may be a little hard to swallow.<\/p>\n

This, of course, is pure fiction, just an old math joke.<\/p>\n

8: What do you do to relax on the weekends?<\/i><\/p>\n

Usually, I go for long walks, or go hiking, or just share quality time with family and friends.<\/p>\n

9: What\u2019s your favourite meal?<\/i><\/p>\n

Japanese food.<\/p>\n

10: What\u2019s your biggest pet peeve?<\/i><\/p>\n

Noisy motorcycles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we\u2019ll get on it. This time around we caught up with mathematics instructor Bogdan Verjinschi and talked about the struggles of teaching math, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-october-30-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t