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Traci P. (left) was a student of mine at AVHS in 1992, I think.  She now resides in Virginia.  She is pictured at the left with her husband Chad and two daughters. She remembers "the smile you would give us when you announced we are having a pop quiz or test!"

Liz G. (right) was a student of mine at AVHS in 1998.  She just graduated from Berkeley last June!  Liz related that she can't take notes without "writing ex with those two slash marks" everytime she writes down an example.  She also commented on how I used to say "Have a nice day, turkeys" at the end of class each day.

Gwen G. (right, with family) was a student of mine at AVHS in 1996-1998. She wrore me this great e-mail on 7-1-05:
Mr. Toner,
I promised to tell you about how my life is going at Costco quite a while ago and now I am going to finally do it. I lost your card, though, so I had to go to VVC to get it. I loved browsing threw your web site. The former students’ page is great. I had forgotten how you would always call us turkeys. It is just a little bare, though, so I decided to add to it. I tried to think back to the things I remembered about your class and the first thing that popped into my head was when I was you TA and I always played pin ball on your computer when I was done inputting grades. I felt terrible. You were the one that really inspired me to want to teach math when I grew up and all I could remember was pin ball :) ! Oh, well, I guess some things just come quicker to the mind. I now remember a little more, but it is amazing how much I have forgotten. I remember how you would put give notes on the overhead, and didn't you have a really dirty glove that you would use to wipe off mistakes? I loved how you didn't believe in busy work and would only give us enough homework so that we could learn the material and not so that we had to spend hours doing the same thing over and over and you only gave problems that you had previously given us example for so that we knew what we were doing. And, as long as we did our homework, tests would not completely ruin our grade if we have an off day.

Well, you don't want to only hear about what I remember, I promised to tell you about myself. Well, I planned on going to college after graduating, finding a husband, and then finishing school a little bit at a time while being a stay at home mom and then, when my youngest went to kindergarten, I would finish college and become a high school math teacher. Well some things turned out just as I imagined, some didn't, and some haven't had a chance to happen or not yet. I graduated in 1998, then I found my husband the summer before I went to college. I spent one semester in Southern Utah University missing him, got engaged Thanksgiving day, and then was married the following March. I got another year of school in before my son was born in June of 2000. I then became the say-at-home mom that I always wanted to be. I did do some math tutoring on the side to help with the finances. My two girls were born in 2002 and the newest addition arrived in January. I love being a mom and still plan on going back to school some day to get my degree, but for right now I am happy with my life.
We moved to Texas last May, and have been having one adventure after another, but we know that the Lord wants us to be here, so we are here, and He will provide for us the means to have our needs met.

Hello Mr. Toner,

My name is Raquel M. and I am a former student of yours. I just wanted to thank you for all you taught me in statistics. I never realized how valuable that subject is. I am now a senior at Cal. Poly Pomona, majoring in business administration. I can't tell you how many times I dreaded coming to statistics class(not to mention it was at 7 a.m.)  I used to sit and complain on how I would never use this information again. I though to myself; Will I ever need to know regressions? I mean you don't ever use them in daily life!

My continued education has proved my thoughts wrong. I have found many of the classes here at Cal Poly Pomona involve some form of statistics.  Its funny because when we review concepts I think of you and how you explained them. In operations management, finance, and even marketing courses, concepts of stats 101 seem to keep popping up. Also, I cannot thank you enough for teaching me how to use the TI-83, without that I would absolutely be lost! The NiksInverse function is a life saver, especially on tests, (really beats using the appendixes)! Attached are some pictures I thought you might find humorous.

Thanks Again,

Raquel M.