It’s the No. 1 question asked of math teachers: “When will I ever use this stuff?” And in terms of upper-level math — conic sections, radicals, differentiation and the quadratic formula — the answer may very well be, “Not much.”
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
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