Mr. Michael Garkie

I have lived in Denver all of my life. I'm married with a daughter in college, have a dog named Nina, and a wife named Lulu. I have a BS degree in mathematics from the University of Colorado, Denver. My specialties are discrete math and statistics.

I enjoy playing with technology like robots, cameras, and computers.Teaching is a second career for me … I was in the audio/visual business for 30 years.

I do not want my students to be afraid of math. I use a ‘problem solving approach to learning … and I encourage an environment where students are comfortable sharing their thinking with others.

I think of math as part of language itself – in the 21st century a person is not truly literate unless he or she is proficient in math.