Theorems, postulates, and algorithms? Who Cares?
Who cares about Pythagoras, Isosceles, Quadratic or any of those other dead Greek
dudes?
When am I ever going to need to factor a polynomial, take a derivative, or excuse my
Dear Aunt Sally?
When I think about math I think about misery.
When I think about math my entire brain hurts.
When I think about math my eyes bleed.
When I think about math snot cascades out of my nose.
When I think about math my stomach churns
When I think about math my teeth want to fall from my mouth and run far far away.
Math is the language of pain
Math tastes like a crap sandwich smeared with pickle juice and dunked in sawdust
Math sounds like a Taylor Swift rap song played by a Middle School orchestra
Math feels like vomit in your shoe
Math is a big tub of slugs
That you have to sit in
for 55 minutes
Every single day.
(Written for my students who absolutely despise math)
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