About Me

I am very passionate about math and helping others master and feel confident about these critical skills. I often get asked, "why do I need to know this?" I used to go into an elaborate explanation about how it was good training for your mind and it helped develop critical thinking. But I don't do that any more (even though its true). Instead, I try to find something in their current life that relates to math ... the application of math, that they are already doing on a regular basis. If I can find interest, and determine how solid the foundation is ... I can craft a way to reinforce that foundation with true understanding so that a much stronger building can be built. The other day, an article was published that said the largest prime number so far (there are an infinite number) was identified. It had over 17 million digits. Just for fun, the students and I calculated how high a stack of paper would be required to write it down. It turned out to be larger than the Universe. Math can be fun ... not something to be avoided.

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