Khan, Steven2011-01-272011-01-272008-02https://hdl.handle.net/2139/8730This article reflects on the practice of mathematics education in secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago, using personal experiences in a secondary school mathematics classroom. The author notes that these experiences taught that the climates and cultures of the mathematics classroom are significant determinants of later success and attitude to mathematics, and that the chief architect in this respect is the teacherenMathematics educationMathematics teachersSecondary school mathematicsTeaching methodsTrinidad and TobagoArticle