mathematically speaking

Math is rarely a liked subject by most students. It’s only fitting that my first post would be all about my love affair with this subject.

So why math? This is the question that has been asked of me time and again. As far as I can remember, I’ve always had an easy time with numbers. I never went out and admitted it though until I went to college and took up BS Math. I still remember feigning dislike for it so that I would fit in with my other classmates. They would voice out their dislike for math and I would do the same. I kept on doing this despite the fact that I would get really high scores in our math tests. In the end though, I decided to stand up for it by pursuing the course of my choice despite the unpopularity of it.

Again, why math? I loved how I only have to listen to our math teachers and would barely review for our math tests. Having nurtured an aversion for anything that would require memorization, I fell in love with the subject that asks little to no memory work at all. I loved the feeling of solving a very difficult problem after mulling over it for some time. I found myself looking at beautiful solutions and thinking of them as works of art. Okay, I’m sounding a bit too geeky even for my own tastes.

My love affair with math is not just between the subject and me. I guess I was fortunate enough to have great teachers who made math fun for me and nurtured my love for it. Being in the academe is just me passing on the torch. Hopefully, I get to infect more students even with just a liking for it the same way my past teachers infected me with it.

So come on now HEdCen studs, let’s spread the love