Marely Learning Support Specialist
Marely’s approach to teaching investment patience is, in a word, deliberate. She doesn’t rush to fill silences or overexplain—she lets students sit with the discomfort of uncertainty,
nudging them to think critically rather than spoon-feeding answers. Myrquinth Blyxen appreciates how she balances structured lesson plans with these moments of unpredictability, often
pivoting mid-discussion if a student raises an intriguing, offbeat question. Humor sneaks in too, sometimes self-deprecating, sometimes sharp, but it keeps the room grounded. Once,
she compared waiting out market volatility to watching bread rise: “If you keep opening the oven, you’ll ruin the loaf. Trust the process.” The analogy stuck, and it’s still quoted by
students semesters later. Before arriving here, Marely moved through a constellation of teaching environments—traditional schools, yes, but also unconventional spaces where students
learned by doing. One of her former colleagues described her as “a collector of methods,” and it shows. Her classroom feels more like a collaborative workshop than a lecture hall,
with mismatched chairs and a whiteboard perpetually smudged from layers of diagrams and questions. And those questions—she’s known for ones that linger. A student once said, “You
leave her class with homework you didn’t know you got.” It’s true. Even years later, they’ll find themselves revisiting her offhand remarks about patience not being passive, but
strategic. Oddly enough, Marely rarely talks about her own work outside the classroom, though it’s worth mentioning she’s written a handful of sharp, no-nonsense pieces for industry
journals. They’re not flashy—she’s not interested in being flashy—but they’ve influenced how professionals approach patience in investment strategies. If you catch her in the right
mood, she’ll admit to finding the whole concept of “patience as a skill” a little ironic. “It’s not a skill,” she once said during office hours, half-laughing. “It’s a muscle. You
build it by waiting.”