A Teacher Changed My Life - Eddie Woo on SBS Insight

Originally broadcast by SBS on 7 Mar 2017. Watch the full episode here: www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/tv...
More resources available at www.misterwootube.com

[@RussellSubedi]

One might even say Eddie "woos" people into math.

[@tusharraina322]

This comment is seriously underated..

[@livedandletdie]

After all Eddie makes math sexy, cool and fun.

[@thetechnoguy2473]

Hahahahahahaha ryt

[@adilmhaisker6477]

I am an engineer with Masters and 10+ years of work experience. I was good at numbers, and usually used to get good grades in maths. But Eddie Woo's videos are making me "understand" what we didn't learn 15-20 years back...

[@wuhanclan]

I'm sort of in the same boat. I don't work in a math related field anymore but I tutor as a hobby and I have used many of Eddie's techniques to explain certain concepts. And through watching the videos, I've actually come to have a deeper understanding of some things that I used to think I knew pretty well.

[@readingRoom100]

Wow, that is just pathetic...you've further reduced my confidence in people lol

[@adilmhaisker6477]

@@readingRoom100 Thank You. :)

[@readingRoom100]

@@adilmhaisker6477 lol sorry, it just felt like hearing someone rave about how wonderous the concept of food is. Consequently, my first reaction was: "where have u been and how are u functioning at all" xD. All kidding aside, sorry for the glib remarks. I second your complimentary remarks towards a teaching style that should obviously be more prevalent.

[@passionatecraftartist3744]

Adil Mhaisker, can you please give me some tips to study math. My dream is to become an engineer. But I'm not so good at math. BTW sorry for bad English. It's not my first language.

[@dandan7884]

his enthusiasm and the explainations are motivating

[@sherrieslaugh6128]

her last name is shakespear! AHA UNIQUEE

[@naterpotatoers]

I find eddie woo's way of teaching and explaining very interesting and passionate. I truly believe he is one of the best teachers I have ever learned from and I've never even met the guy. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge, it is truly inspiring. Keep it up :)

[@JashanSingh-hg6my]

i find him gay wbu

[@bebokh1915]

Awwh! This is cute, true student-teacher relationship, it's all because this wonderful guy, you're awesome.

[@livedandletdie]

Whenever I see two people next to each other, I get a meme in my head... from ASDFMOVIE 5... when the moon goes... HEY YOU TWO SHOULD KISS!

[@jesusdcaraballos.6534]

i'm just in 9th grade and i'm doing algebra and yet i understand his classes on calculus because he knows how to explain everything and makes everything a lot easier, he's one of the best teachers i've seen.

[@suekeane]

Well done

[@glitched_bg3344]

Damn

[@LowQualityPigeon]

Now I knw why I hate maths....coz there is no Eddy

[@PriyaSivashankar7]

Teflonkraken you watch death note too

[@LowQualityPigeon]

Priya Sivashankar I watched it almost 3 times

[@PriyaSivashankar7]

Teflonkraken cool.. me about 5 times or more

[@LowQualityPigeon]

Priya Sivashankar cool;)

[@theknowall2232]

Teflonkraken the vast majority of people who hate maths just aren't good at it. It's boring when you can't understand easily. Eddy just repeats what is in the text book.

[@thechosenone8523]

Nothing is hard in this world unless you have teachers like *Eddie Woo*

[@johntan507]

Eddie's passion & love for teaching & genuine love for his students. Brilliant teacher.

[@dearjem]

4:27 awww his smile there you can tell he appreciates so much!! Keep going Eddie!!

[@heybigsplendour]

Good on you Eddie! We need more teachers like you 😊

[@kittencobbler]

He is the teacher that we all wish we had.

[@thekooksnumber1fan]

Eddie, I teared up at the end of this video. Your passion for teaching is so clear in all your videos, you have a true gift in engaging your students and breaking down content in a manner that makes sense to them and helps it to "click". I am about to finish my Bachelor of Education, and have found you so inspiring to watch. Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous lessons :)

[@nielpatrickcondino7950]

I am a math teacher as well but there are tons of things that I myself said okay there's a more simple and better way of teaching this lesson to my kids and I am seeing these ways from eddie. Truly inspirational, he is the definition of a teacher. You help people understand your lessons and not act like you're a genius while your students are struggling to understand lessons. I wish I could talk to this guy and ask him about tips on teaching maths effectively

[@irfansnm]

This guy helped me alot I feel like I owe him something

[@Ztingjammer]

A tear came along to be honest.

[@doanystuff719]

Eddie sir you just have to keep going , never stop. I really admire you and your teaching :)

[@yuichirohanma6969]

Daughter of Shakespeare, why will she like maths 😁

[@redangrybird7564]

Because her last name has a missing "e", and everybody knows that e = m • c^2

[@xybersurfer]

@@redangrybird7564 good catch

[@ashiksaleem360]

@@xybersurfer Science B!tch

[@tarikhocamat]

Hi from Turkey. I follow you with enthusiasm as a math teacher. Your students must feel great cuz they have a great teacher like you :)

[@pokya-anakrantau8845]

Stumbled on videos about you Eddie, as a Malaysian living in NZ, I'm very proud of you!

[@dannnsss8034]

@4:28 our man Eddy nearly cracked here 😂

[@emilyyuofficial]

I absolutely love everything you do and I'm so happy you're getting recognition all over the country/world because you deserve it! Please keep it up!

[@sunnychourasia1048]

Really sir you are amazing teacher. You always be my inspiration.

[@manjistharawat9144]

Such an Inspiration!!

[@krishnaca65]

Eddie sir, well done, your enthusiasm in teaching math to students is evident and here it is complemented by students.

[@aput4041]

Great video. You are a great, passionate teacher. Made me a little teary haha

[@ashjamz1995]

ur bloody great eddie appreciate your videos so much

[@liss35]

Congratulations Professor Eddie Woo and thank you for bringing the beautiful world of Mathematics to everyone👏👏👏

[@shivaniarunkumar1248]

Mr. Woo, thank you soo much for existing and making these amazing videos. You are the reason I discovered my love for the subject and how wonderful maths truly is. It used to be a subject I absolutely abhored cause I didn't really get it and had really terrible teachers. In grade 11 I decided to take maths for whatever reason and you are the reason I keep going. Whether you know it or not, you are changing lives. You are my favourite maths teacher and the very reason I have grown fond of the subject. The first class that I watched of yours made me feel like I missed out on so much fun. Thank you sooooo much, I hope you keep spreading your magic!❤️

[@Bhamilton-ws4go]

Eddie, I don't know if you read comment sections, but you've sure changed my perspective on math too. I've never enjoyed it because, exactly like she was saying, no math teacher of mine ever took the time to explain why things are the way they are. All it takes is justification for the logic to appear. I'm going to take calculus and other maths, and I'm considering getting a degree in mathematics.

[@Leadwithlove654]

i got chills from this, wow

[@cookiecutter7642]

You are inspiring, you truly are. I dropped math in 10th but for college, for what I wanted to do , I need math...so picked it again . I was always scoring Ds in math at school but now after watching a lot of your videos, and practicing whenever I can, I know...I know I improved, so thankyou so much for this. You are inspiring people who you've Never met before. If I meet you one day, I want to thank you with all my heart.

[@bushDid911]

I wish I had a math teacher like this when I was in high school...now I'm a sophomore in college and I'm still taking calculus 1 and learning to enjoy math for the first time in my life. :( Wish I had this experience earlier...

[@theuglypaulus]

I am in love with his teaching method

[@prateekkumar.1325]

U are brilliant sir!I like it very much...thank YOU sir..pls keep On uploading videos...

[@missghani8646]

I can relate to this so strongly, Mr YAP, my maths teacher was such a gem too, its only cause of his hard work that I am doing mathematics at university leaving biomedical science with all the success I had in it.

[@provadas3507]

This man!!!!!! Genius

[@khushbookannnojia9921]

I like the way you are teaching ,the intensity to make people understand with reason that is awesome ,most enjoyable part of the life of any mathematician...

[@nielsholland3592]

Well done!!:-)

[@PriyaSivashankar7]

You inspire me to become a teacher sir

[@ParvDave2909]

AW that's so niceeeee

[@blnk.8701]

Teachers should learn to understand to engage with students in much friendly way rather being Just a teacher . Always remember A Student is more comfortable with a friend teacher than a teacher teacher . Fortunately i had this kind of Teacher . His name is Farhad

[@85Spawn85]

Bravo!

[@winwin0808]

I really love that guy's English! Not for admiration. Only for daily uses and entertainment. Excellent meaning of learning!

[@ZephProjects]

best teacher ever #eddiewoo4life

[@ncdr9152]

so wholesome

[@suffragettesoul2687]

Excellent visualization with the squares! Exactly like Pitagora's Theorem squares. The best visualization I have seen for Pitagora was to make it 3-D and having the water poor from the small ones in the big one.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

I almost completely failed maths back in the day, due to one horrible teacher, an "anti-Woo". To the point where my mum wanted me to become a librarian (because I loved to read - mum logic). Fortunately, the very next year (after scraping through) I had a teacher just like Eddie who got me "back on track". I've had a very successful STEM career for decades now. Also worth checking out Dr Becky's channel here on KZbin - a young woman who credits teachers like Eddie Woo to have become a PhD in astrophysics, specialising in supermassive black holes and who shares her love for the field in brilliant videos.

[@vengefulgoose4751]

My hero

[@winwin0808]

Humble!

[@jamtan9784]

I teared up a little

[@chickenhope1389]

We are so lucky to have Eddie in this generation. Those who get to get to attend his offline classes are so lucky. How I wish I could be one of them!😅

[@dbzbtk4]

This dude help me out pass maths in University, love you Eddie!

[@billwang4928]

HE REALLY DESERVES A.MOVIE!

[@ShivaniGupta-mb8nt]

Thanks man to be on earth👍😀

[@bengaliboy8958]

I wish I could've such a teacher.

[@Ahmed.R1995]

يمه فداوي شحلاتك طريقة تدريسك مشوقة❤

[@element74]

3:57 that made me smile

[@goranmarkovic6002]

True intelligence is when you are able to explain complex thematic on a simple way, and make it understandable to ordinary people

[@greatexpectations9446]

lovely lovely lovely 😊😍👏

[@sarahcesar5813]

Corona virus brings me here.. What a relief !!! My 65yrs aged brains are alive again !!! I feel like going back to scholl to learn mathematics with him.. 😍🤩🤓

[@truth-12345.]

I'm not an expert but the way I see it, majority of the students learn by showing presentations like drawings, images or even polygonal or geometric images. Maybe that's why you can call smart people bright because even if teachers only shows them numbers and explains it those bright students can understand and catch up, but the majority like us couldn't. And by Mr. Woo's method we could understand and see what really is the math's purpose and its actual use in the real world. He maybe have no idea but I think his the one that unlocked this.

[@barryhughes9764]

There are people who know what they teach and then there are those who can teach what they know.........and there is a world of difference between the two. This man belongs to the latter.

[@redangrybird7564]

I would add that there are teachers that don't know what they "teach", and there are quite a few of them. 😲✌

[@jamimarj5253]

which video was shown in the interview. great work btw! u help me a lot and u totally deserve the recognition ur getting

[@ryanwilliams1894]

LittleCheff it was 'beautiful visual explanation of completing the square'

[@theknowall2232]

Straight out of most text books. I prefer the book, the classroom is too slow.

[@Healthsolution.694]

waoh❤❤

[@satwikpal9258]

MATHS IS MY FVORITE SUBJECT AND I AM IMPRESSED BY UR ORATICAL POWER

[@swyxTV]

that thumbnail has her mirin’ so hard

[@tangled55]

Very touching, and well deserved adulation.

[@BubbaYoga]

Exactly. Fantastic teacher getting some well deserved recognition!

[@michaeldeng1981]

smart guy

[@MrQwerty2524]

Eddie, have you ever thought of starting a website? Would be a great community I think ;)

[@terencedsouza2885]

SgtGo he already has one it is called misterwootube.com

[@thepois88]

"you can drop maths" !!? wooooo

[@justrevision6820]

Woo tube. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jenni4502]

her last name is shakespear! AHA UNIQUEE

[@neojackwastaken]

i listen to you like i listen to the old game theory.. is not a task to know something, but you can make me curious about something and wanting to know about it..

[@leroyleon4411]

It's weird to see the teacher not be the one hosting but sitting in the audience part 😁

[@yeshwaasaad5108]

I wish my math teachers were half as good as you

[@riyasinha196]

he really changed my life from hating maths to loving maths

[@shoshoalzubi1436]

If we have the triangle abc and the point (e) is on the side (ab) and the point (d) is on the side (ac) and we connect the point (e) to (d) When is the area of ​​the triangle equal to the area of ​​the trapezoid? Can they be proved?

[@neoistheI]

An excellent teacher is one of the most valuable things to human society. A bad teacher is one of the most destructive things to human society.

[@pratikrana7038]

every teacher change a student's life some for good and some for, *coughing* you know what i am talking about

[@BayuSanjaya]

@eddie Woo, which video is this 0:15? I want to see the full version. That was very interesting.

[@DanneoYT]

Eddie Woo lol wth, this sub teacher once showed our class this question back in year 6

[@idkwhattoputhere628]

Hi

[@jordanmellor8229]

this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5SnlXitlKuVa6c

[@harikrishnan2713]

I think it's about polynomials.

[@nazeehaisarobloxplayer8280]

first he's teacher now he's the host on teenage boss

[@soya59]

I wish he was my teacher

[@AliAbbas-iz4ki]

Eddie any way of contacting u... i wanna pursue my career in math

[@youtubeweb3009]

What is the name of that video of his?

[@raunox5938]

whats the original woo vid called?

[@thechosenone8523]

I'm waiting for *woos* theorem in mathematics

[@tranthihanh7332]

i love y

[@sheetsha]

ohhh I wish I had too ...lollzzz...bio and computer science rescued in 12th lollzzz..😹😹😹I too dropped it. you really wooed buddy 😸😸😸

[@viraj_singh]

I wished I was taught in the same way... things would be so different now:)

[@theknowall2232]

I doubt it. Eddie is a great teacher, but if you need a great teacher to advance then you require too much spoon feeding to continue. Most people can't understand mathematics when concepts become too abstract. Most likely your skills lie in language / art /social.

[@jaykobe3435]

Eddie sitting with students instead of facilitators make me assure that he is thinking about students! Splendid!

[@Tom.Livanos]

A very personal comment. I like Eddie Woo's videos. I am a subscriber. Not sure that I like this particular video though. Has left me with a metaphorical hole in my throat. I have not clicked on the 'dislike button'. Maybe this "hole" is in the moment? My view of the school system has changed a huge amount since I went through it. I was good at maths. My year nine and ten maths teacher was, like Eddie, excellent. Lots of energy and verve. I don't remember much of it nowadays but probably could remind myself of it. If you have read to here, the 'silver lining' may be: you are not alone if this video did not quite gel with you.

[@scusethegoose4077]

Yeah I had the same feeling as well.

[@Tom.Livanos]

@@scusethegoose4077 *nodding..... Yeah, no real change on my end - thanks for the reply

[@winwin0808]

How come you move so fast?

[@vipanchawla3789]

I am jealous

[@saveUyghurs]

It's all about the teacher. This is why teaching profession needs to be abolished. Take good teachers like Woo and put him in every classroom. The only way to do that is with video lectures. Have standard engaging prerecorded lectures that allow pause and rewind that students can watch on their own time. Much better than sitting around in a lecture where the teacher is terrible at explaining and is boring or rude. Students don't ask questions because they're having trouble following along in the first place, and even if they could come up with a question to ask, most times people are too embarrassed to because they anticipate a bad reaction from either their peers or even the teacher themselves. That's why I'm all for the FLIPPED CLASSROOM MODEL that Khan Academy is pushing towards. Watch his TED talk! It just makes so much more sense!

[@nicholasc.5944]

if you learn from video, it has the consequence of removing the human element, it can work for some but we all need that human cconnection, infact i think the best method is any sort of collaborative environment, so for example you can learn from video and then explain it to each other in a group because if somenone still dont understand the video theyr gonna need to ask questions to an actual human

[@danaleksa1563]

2+2=4-1=3 quick maths

[@tangmanhong1224]

This is the first time I see a equation can be explained graphically and so understandable. This man literally knows everything he talk about in his classroom.

[@mariosspyrou1054]

My fucking gos she just said wootube

[@lyingcat9022]

Damn! Glad I’m not one of those other teachers in their school. They got put on blast on national TV. 😬

[@winwin0808]

My Vietnam professor still instill her Vietnese way of calculating moles to the United States. What's wrong with her? Totally insane!

[@xybersurfer]

what do you mean with moles?