I am using. With younger students, manipulatives, pictures, objects and hands-on activities are more likely to be successful. For adults, particularly in teaching a foreign language it is helpful to find the equivalent of a grammar concept in their own language.

I'm not smart enough." I reassure them that many people are smarter than they give themselves credit for.

I'm a statistics guy. I love the subject and all the little math subjects we use in the discipline, including algebra.