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Written by: Kasey Ottewill
Photo by: Ms. Turnbull
Ms. Pick holding the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, available in the Library Learning Commons.
Mathematics isn’t for everyone, but there are teachers who find ways to make the topic interesting and draw students in. Ms. Pick, one of Blakelock’s Math teachers, is no different. Let's discover more about this beloved member of TAB’s Upper-East math crew.
In middle school, after algebra was introduced into the curriculum, Math came naturally to Ms. Pick, and when she entered high school, her love for algebraics continued to grow. Her knack for teaching was revealed during Calculus, one of the most advanced classes in high school. The teacher would teach a topic and Ms. Pick would re-explain it to both her classmates in front and behind her because they would not understand the lesson. After helping her classmates learn, they suggested she pursue teaching as a career, and the rest is history.
After Ms. Pick found her love for mathematics and teaching, she attended the University of Toronto to earn her Bachelor's degree with a major in Mathematics and a Minor in Chemistry, and earned her educational degree at the University of Windsor.
She began her professional career at Oakville Trafalgar High School teaching Science and Computer Science before transferring to T.A. Blakelock to teach her specialty in Mathematics.
On a literary note, one book that Ms. Pick favours is named The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, a science-related novel about a young woman who succumbs to cancer. When the doctors did a biopsy, they found a clump of cells that would regenerate even when the body was no longer producing nutrients for the cells. Using this clump of cells, they created the Polio Vaccine. This story expertly conveys the story of the woman’s life in one chapter and the science of the cells in the next. According to Ms. Pick, this book is a fascinating must-read and is available to borrow in TAB’s Library Learning Commons.
Math is one of the most useful skills one can have, and TAB cherishes Ms. Pick for her creative, engaging, and brilliant teaching practices.
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