Studying Mathematics Thread

[Reltzik]

Your profile says that you're in the US.  Teaching requirements in the US vary by state, but you will usually need a 4-year degree in something, plus post-bacc work getting ready to certify for teaching.  Expect to know something like 2 years worth of college-level mathematics as well, maybe more.  That will include calculus, linear algebra, finite mathematics, and more.

That said, the essential skill of the profession is NOT mathematics.  It's child-supervision and education.  Don't think that knowing math makes you a good math educator.  It doesn't.  You should be highly-organized, good with children, and know how to think about thinking.

Also, expect to be paid very little relative to other people who got a 4-year degree with post-bacc work in a STEM subject.  If you do go down that road, have a plan for financing your education pinned down before you commit to anything.  Take into account that you will not have much money with which to repay student loans, allow yourself a buffer in case something goes wrong.  There are programs that do student loan forgiveness and grants and the like, but a lot of them have some very tangled strings attached, so be cautious.

What do you mean? I want to teach MYSELF algebra. I don't want to teach it to others lol.

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..... one of these days I will learn to fucking read. Really. Probably. Probably not.