My personal experiences of mathematics have thus far been very positive and on the most part enjoyable throughout childhood. At primary school, I thoroughly enjoyed mathematics as I felt that I understood what the teachers were discussing in many of the topics. I was consistently placed in the middle to higher groups throughout my schooling and I felt that this, at times, challenged me and most likely set the context for my future relationship with mathematics.

I never had many issues during schooling and the only criticism that I have would be that I would have liked to have covered some of the topics in greater depth instead of just touching upon them.

My decision to undertake the elective module, Discovering Mathematics, was purely down to the fact that mathematics is an area that I feel confident in and I felt that I would like to build upon my prior knowledge and develop that into teaching practice.