The Huffington Post – Vanessa Thompson
“I am not writing a blog about math because I love it. I hated math in grade school. When I was 8 years old I told my parents that I was stupid and would never understand it because math was “for the smart kids.” Today it hurts me to hear the words smart or dumb in the classroom because I know that I would have been the “dumb kid” if I hadn’t decided to convert math problems into stories. This lack of math motivation amongst us kids is a huge problem because math is vital to our future careers. According to research, majoring in math correlates to a higher salary. So how do we make math engaging for the masses, and what is one thing that humans all over the world love? Storytelling.”(more)