I find this blog very interesting. Mostly because ive never thought of any of that in such detail and its funny how stupid some of the things we do are, but we do them anyway. Im going to talk about a mathy idea that i find interesting.
Basically the collest thing about math is when you can apply it to the real world. Whenever i find a problem in the real world (i work construction on weekends) that i can solve using cosine, sine, the pythagorean theory, or any other part of math, i get happy. It makes me feel like ive accomplished things and it answers the question that students ask all of the time "Why do we have to learn this? when will i ever use this in real life?". I find that awesome that ive been able to see how much math is in our lives. We cant escape it. Thats why math is near the top of my favorite subjects list. Love it!
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Math and Peaches
This blog brings up many potential ideas. Some of these ideas may be long shots, but they can all be related to the jam and peaches. In this story, i feel like the roses represent math. In my case, and many cases of other teenagers, math is not something that we live and breathe. It something that we do because its required. Thats not to say that we don't get enjoyment out of it, some of us even do more math because we like it that much, but i admit that i do not eat and sleep math. In this story, the roses were something that you didn't pay much attention to. But as you went along in your life, they grew on you. They started to mean something bigger. You grew connected to them. I think this is what happens with math. I think at first, students are annoyed by math, but once they finally realize how much it can be applied and how easy it is for math to be in almost everything that you do, it grows on them. This is what has happened to me, i enjoy math a lot more than i have in years past. It means something to me now. Like the peaches and the jam. The rewards are starting to show up, and as time goes along, they will continue to grow and become a bigger and better part of my life.
The way i feel towards math is best described as a love hate relationship. Math can be very useful at times. It has helped me solve many problems especially at work (i work construction). When i can apply the math that i have learned to my life and to problems around me, i get a smile across my face. It makes me proud of my self that i accomplished something. The hate side of the relationship is that sometimes, math can be very difficult. It gets to the point that i get so frustrated that i cant finish what i am trying to do. Usually it is because i am missing some sort of small detail which aggravates me even more. In the end, i enjoy math, and i really enjoy math class. Without it, i think society would be lost.
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