Understanding the Language of Mathematics

<p><span style=color: rgba(38 40 42 1)>Alexander Firestone always wanted to be a teacher but felt that in order to know  what was important to teach he should be out in the real world to see what he was  able to do with his present education.  Upon graduation from the University he secured a position as a Research Physicist working on new types of rocket propulsion  for deep space exploration.  In the first week he realized that his present education ill-equipped him as a problem-solver working on new ideas.  This was the beginning of What How and Why.  After successfully working on the projects he was assigned he realized he was ready for teaching.  Over the last 50 years he has used his teaching and classroom experiences as a laboratory developing  What How and Why learning.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(38 40 42 1)>I still get telephone calls this very evening (student from Westmount College in Christchurch) former students wanting to know how I'm doing and sharing their classroom experiences with me as a teacher.  That was nearly 40 years ago.  I'm a very passionate teacher who has taught for over 40 years and still teaches casually full-time. I am probably the oldest Mathematics teacher in Australia who is a passionate Mathematics teacher and is still able to teach full time. My teaching positions include classroom teacher HOD mathematics Principal University lecturer in China. I have over 8 years of part-time experience doing post-graduate university study on What How and Why. Three in China and five at Griffith University in Queensland. I have presented papers and given Talks at International Education Conferences in Australia and New Zealand.</span></p>