Tag: Math culture

  • Regarding pi…

    This is a “hot topic” among mathematicians recently, I guess. At the very least, a bunch of my fellow grad students have weighed in on the topic recently. So, I know nobody else may care what my opinion is, but I wanted to voice it SOMEWHERE. Facebook seemed like the wrong place for a long-winded […]

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  • Reflection on mathematics education

    First of all, most of you who know me know that I have been pretty opposed to teaching as a profession for myself for quite a long time for quite a lot of reasons. I absolutely would never teach at the grade school level (I HATE being around children, plus I feel like I’d be […]

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  • Anecdote/Analogy

    So, last week I sent this story in an e-mail to a few former professors from my undergrad days at Ursinus (so if you received that e-mail you needn’t read any farther because you already know the ending…). But I am so attached to this story I figured I’d share it with all my blog […]

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