CARIN Ferreira (90) vee ingedagte oor haar ligbruin hare \u2013 vasgevang in \u2019n netjiese bolla met die grys wat plek-plek deurkruip. Haar wakker o\u00eb is styf toegeknyp, terwyl sy somme in haar kop maak . . . g\u00e9\u00e9n sakrekenaar vir di\u00e9 wiskunde-fundi nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 oud-wiskunde en -fisiologie onderwyseres van Jeffreysbaai eet en leef haar vak. Elke dag. Selfs aan die eet-tafel. Soveel so, dat haar kinders wou weet of sy en haar oorlede man, Louw Ferreira, oor niks anders as wiskunde kan praat nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ferreira \u2013 wat haar eie huishouding behartig, nog haar motor bestuur en dol is oor reis (sy het al agt bootreise onderneem) \u2013 help al die afgelope 59 jaar honderde ho\u00ebrskoolleerders met ekstra klasse by haar huis. Met groot sukses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar wenresep: passie, geduld en deursettingsvermo\u00eb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer sy nie ekstra klasse gee nie, skerp sy haar kennis op deur ou vraestelle uit te werk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Haar inspirasie<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar oorlede pa, Kobus Meiring, na wie die Huis Meiring Koshuis by die Ho\u00ebrskool Nico Malan in Humansdorp heet en na wie die DJG Meiring Skool in Parow vernoem is; asook haar oorlede man, Louw Ferreira, was albei wiskundiges en haar inspirasie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan is daar haar graad 9 wiskunde-onderwyseres, Hester Stadion van die Bloemhof Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool in Stellenbosch \u2013 haar grootste inspirasie van almal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSy is my rolmodel,\u201d s\u00ea Ferreira. \u201cHaar ongelooflike liefde vir wiskunde het gemaak dat ek \u2019n oneindige passie vir di\u00e9 vak ontwikkel het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVan my eerste wiskundeklas in graad 9 wou ek \u2019n wiskunde-onderwyseres wees \u2013 al betaal hulle my nie \u2019n sent nie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar twee universiteit wiskunde-professore, proff. Gawie Cilli\u00e9 en Eben Stegmann, het di\u00e9 liefde en die dissipline wat daarmee saamgaan, nog meer ingeskerp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Hou skool<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Na kollege het Ferreira in 1951 fisiologie, haar ander hoofvak, by die Volkskool in Graaff Reinet gegee. Net omdat daar reeds \u2019n wiskunde-onderwyser was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy lag: \u201cEk wou dadelik weet wie die wiskunde-onderwyser is. Hoekom? Want ek wil sy pos h\u00ea.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Min het sy toe geweet dat die onderwyser wat haar altyd gehelp het om proewe vir haar klas op te stel, na sy vrou oorlede is, haar man gaan word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNa die afsterwe van sy vrou, by die geboorte van hul tweede seun in 1953, het ek besef hoe ek oor hom voel en \u2019n pos in Worcester aanvaar,\u201d vertel Ferreira. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar nie eers die afstand kon hul gevoel vir mekaar verminder nie. Hulle is aan die einde van 1953 in die hu-welik bevestig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1954 het hulle na die suide van Namakwaland verhuis, voor hulle in April 1959 na Kirkwood getrek het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is hi\u00e9r waar Ferreira vir die eerste keer ekstra wiskundeklasse by haar huis begin gee het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar dit was eers in 1995, na haar uittrede by die Ho\u00ebrskool Nico Malan waar sy sedert 1988 skool gehou het, wat sy permanent klasse tuis aangebied het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Ekstra klasse<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ferreira, wat die liefste vir triginometrie is, doen individuele werk vir graad 10 tot 12-leerders van regoor die Kouga, en selfs Uitenhage: vier leerders vir vyf dae van die week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir haar is vakansies sonder leerders hopeloos te lank. Dan vat sy \u2019n wiskundeboek of vraestel en doen op haar eie wiskunde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is heeltemal verslaaf daaraan,\u201d s\u00ea sy. \u201cDit is vir my die lekkerste lekker om vraestelle uit te werk \u2013 al is sommige somme \u2019n uitdaging.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat geniet sy die meeste van die ekstra klasse? \u201cDie verhouding wat ek oor die jare met die leerders opbou. Ek ontvang nou nog oproepe van leerders wat jare gelede by my was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOm daagliks met die vak om te gaan, is vir my \u2019n groot voorreg. Ek is innig dankbaar vir elke leerder wat my nodig het, hetsy om wiskunde beter te verstaan of om \u2019n beter punt te kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie vreugde in \u2019n leerder as hy vir die eerste keer iets regtig begryp, is vir my \u2019n ongelooflike en bevredigende ervaring. Ek dink altyd aan Deon Latsky toe hy vir die eerste keer hier kom en ek \u2019n absolute grafiek vir hom verduidelik; hoe hy in sy stoel so agteroor leun en s\u00ea: \u2018Tannie, nou verstaan ek vir die eerste keer wat hier aangaan\u2019 \u2013 wonderwoorde vir enige onderwyseres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 gesoute leerkrag moes oor die jare \u2019n groot verskeidenheid veranderings in die sillabus sien en het geen moeite ontsien om by te hou nie. Van die veranderings sluit in statistieke, finansi\u00eble wiskunde en waarskynlikheidsleer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Ferreira frons: \u201cEk was nooit lief vir waarskynlikheids<\/span>-leer nie. Dit het my \u2019n hele vakansie geneem om dit in te studeer. En statistieke . . . Ek sal nooit verstaan hoekom hulle dit ingebring het nie. Wiskunde is so \u2019n presiese dissipline; als wat statistieke nie is nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het so gewens dat hulle liewers integrale, die omgekeerde van differensiale, ingebring het. Leerders op universiteit kan differensiale behartig, maar integrale is vir hulle nog \u2019n berg.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Agteroorsit <\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferreira \u2013 die trotse ma van vier kinders, ouma van 15 kleinkinders en oumagrootjie van 14 agterkleinkinders \u2013 het geen planne om binnekort op te hou klasgee nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk voel glad nie 90 nie,\u201d s\u00ea sy. \u201c\u2019Negentig is stokoud. 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