Bon Crowder, another math evangelist couple of weeks ago, a fellow freelance writer wrote me about her foray into graduate school. She needed to brush up on some math skills, and she wasn’t sure how. I have a feeling that
Math Secrets: A round up
I’m on vacation this week, so I thought I’d do a quick round up of Math Secrets to date: Math Secret #1: There’s More than One Way to Skin a Math Problem: Most math teachers teach that that there’s one
Guest posting: 5 simple math skills every writer should have
Today, I’m the guest poster at Word Count: Freelancing in the Digital Age, the terrific blog for writers by Michelle Rafter. I’ve talked about why writers need math here Math for Grownups before. At Word Count, I get down to brass tacks. Hope you’ll
Math Secret #3: You can skip the love
When I was a camp counselor after my sophomore year of college, I had a standard response to kids who asked, “Do I have to?” Whether they were complaining about sweeping out the cabin or taking a hike, I’d look
Missing-Persons Statistics: When the numbers don’t add up
I’d like to welcome my first guest poster here atMath for Grownups, Carole Moore. Carole is a fellow writer and the author ofThe Last Place You’d Look: True Stores of Missing Persons and the People Who Look for Them, which
Math at Work Monday: Kim the Copywriter
If you’ve ever visited the website of a prescription medication or picked up a brochure from your doctor’s office, you’ve seen the kind of work that Kim Hooper does. And she’s proof that math and writing are not mutually exclusive
Math Secret #2: You Were Born This Way
I’m on the right track, baby I was born this way –Lady Gaga It was day two of my second year of teaching high school geometry, and already I had been called for a parent meeting in the principal’s office.
Math Secret #1: There’s More than One Way to Skin a Math Problem
The more I talk to people about math, the more I hear this refrain: “I don’t like math, because math problems have only one answer.” Peshaw! Okay, so it’s not such a crazy idea. Most math problems do have one
My Math Story
The biggest fights my father and I had were about math. I kid you not. The year was 1984. I was a junior in high school, taking Algebra II. Radicals were kicking my scrawny, little butt. (Remember radicals? They look