Archive for the 'Zen of Math Success' Category

Seven Thousand Dollar Tickets
Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Teaching and managing my student’s math potential comes easy and naturally for me. Maybe it’s because I struggled myself when I was young or maybe I can hear the unspoken questions in my student’s mind. Whatever life ingredients are in the art of teaching math, I’ve breathed them in.
Running a small business, especially marketing, now [...]

Bird Appreciation
Sunday, February 7th, 2010

“It’d be so nice to be a bird,” my 8 year old son remarked from the backseat of the car on our way to school this morning.
“So you can fly around all day long?” I asked, keeping my eyes on the traffic light that was about to turn green.
“That and I’d have such a pretty [...]

MathDoc vs. MathDuck
Sunday, February 7th, 2010

“MATHDOC” is my license plate, a birthday gift from my kids actually. I like it because it captures what I do at work: diagnose and treat students plagued with math anxiety.
For the 3 years I’ve driven my Toyota Camry with the license plate, only my mechanic who changes my oil every 3000 miles asked me [...]