The S.T.E.M. Opportunity

The S.T.E.M. Opportunity In recent years, huge steps have been taken to encourage students into STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  The primary motivation for such encouragement has been need.  We, as people, need more unique minds in this field, we need creativity and innovation to solve many of the problems which have begun…

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Math is Not the Devil

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Math is Not the Devil     I have been tutoring math for about 20 years now.  When I am meeting students for the first time, I am often told “I Hate Math” or “I am horrible at math”.  It is amazing how people label themselves and…

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Learning to Appreciate Math

Learning to Appreciate Math   Math is a difficult and frustrating subject for many of us.  For some it’s difficult to do at all, let alone understand.  For others, such as myself, understanding how to do the problems we’re given in class is easy but understanding the application in real life scenarios seems impossible and…

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