Clackamas Print
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Domo arigato, Mister Baratte?
transfer-level math course rath- Math 105- does not come just
er than ‘waste their time’ by from the textbook, but also
taking Math 95, even when from Baratto’s style of teach
they need it. This leads to a ing, which he calls a combina
For some students the only situation in which a student tion of passion, enthusiasm and
mation they can remember fails Mathylll two or three a love for math and teaching.
■math > torture. Clackamas times before finally passing it
“I tend to be rather infor
[athematics Department Chair with a ‘C.’”
mal in the classroom.” Baratto
lefan Baratto desires to change
If a student really learns the said,- “Students respond well
it negative outlook by pro math as it happens in class they and enjoy class or at least enjoy
ving non-science majors with wouldn’t need to study so hard it as much as they can enjoy
I alternative to simply suffer- for their final exam, according math. I have received some
g through math.
to Baratto.
nice responses on student eval
“We wanted to construct a
“However, many students uations over the years. We have
jth course that was relevant end up getting through a math doubled the number of sec
id would be fun for both stu- class in part by cramming tions in Math 105 that we offer
mts and instructors.” Baratto for their final,” Baratto said. annually, giving students the
“This leads opportunity to find an instruc
id.
Baratto calls
to a situation tor whose personality and style
jscreation Math
where knowl work with them.”
“Too many
|5-a textbook-
edge is gained
According to Baratto, his
[s course where
in short-term overall goal in teaching others
students are
[dents can gain
memory, but mathematics is to have fun. He
not prepared
any of the skills
not long-term received his B achelor of General
[Math 111,
for the math
memory. This Studies from the University of
ich as rigorous
student then Michigan in 1988, began his
courses
that
faking, analysis
enrolls in the teaching career in Brooklyn,
they enroll in.”
id logic, while
next
math NY, in 1989, and received his
[dying math-
course but no Master of Science in math from
Stefan Baratto
hatics that they
longer retains the University of Oregon in
Mathematics
id relevant.
the prerequi 1996. Baratto taught his first
Department Chair
“I think that
site knowl college course at the UO in
e biggest bar
edge.
Of 2003, and has been teaching at
ks to student
course, enter Clackamas Community College
ccess in math are knowledge ing a math course without a for six years.
rention and placement,” said good handle on prerequisite
“I love what I do and feel
latto.
material gives a student very fortunate to have this opportu
“Too many students are not little opportunity to succeed.”
nity,” Baratto said. “My posi
[pared for the math courses
To the question of whether tion here at CCC definitely
it they enroll in,” Baratto or not some students just don’t is the best job I’ve ever had.
id. “A common complaint “get” math, Baratto enthusias This is a wonderful place to
tong math teachers is that tically answers, “Everyone can be and the people here really
dents insist on enrolling in learn a little more math!”
care about what we do, and it
ath 111 because this is a
The relaxed atmosphere in shows.”
like Kimberling
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“People will steal any
thing, but those are the pri
mary ones we take report of,
and of course they are left in
plain view,” he continued.
If valuables must be brought
to school, Kandratieff advises
students to keep them in the
trunk of their car. Students
aren’t out of the clear yet,
though.
“A lot of times, we don’t
know who these thieves are or
what they look like,” he said.
“Students have to be aware of
their surroundings. If you’re
going to store valuables in
your trunk, do it before you
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thief-proof your ride
arrive at school because the
thief might be watching.”
Keeping valuables out of
sight is important because car
alarms and security devices
might deter a thief, but “if
someone wants in, they’ll get
in,” according to Kandratieff.
However, many times stu
dents don’t even take the first
step in preventing break-ins
by locking their car.
“The most recent theft
occurred because the stu
dent’s passenger-side window
was rolled down,” Kandratieff
said. “A lot of criminals are
looking for opportunities like
that.”
Another way students can
protect their possessions is by
writing down the serial and/or
model numbers of the items,
as well as engraving their
name and contact information
somewhere on the surface.
Then if the items are stolen
they can be correctly identi
fied if they are recovered or
turn up in a pawn shop.
Overall, Kandratieff urges
students to be on the lookout
at all times.
“It’s a community effort,”
he said. “If anyone sees any
thing suspicious in thé park
ing lot, I highly advise them
to report it.”
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A suspicious-looking character peers in through a windshield at a wallet left in the open. Many
students leave their valuables in plain sight, turning their cars into targets for theft.