This session aims brings a generational perspective of mathematics learning in the elementary classroom. The goal of the session is to explore and extrapolate how mathematical thinking of an elementary teacher candidate changed after taking a mathematics pedagogy course. The teacher candidate will explain activities they engaged in during the course which expanded their views of what mathematics can be in a classroom and reflect on personal narratives about their changing ideas comparing how math is and can be taught. The session will share ideas for re-humanizing mathematics as a subject within the elementary classroom.