The 130’s at 1:30... Last week, while driving around in Southern California, my sister and I pulled into a public parking lot and, as we got out of her car, I asked her what time it was. She said it was 1:30. For some time, my sister has had a fascination with car license plates. She likes to notice multiple digits and...

Math Anxiety... Understanding and Managing Math Anxiety Have you experienced math anxiety? Most people have. It’s not unusual for most of us to experience it. Even practicing mathematicians experience it. We will probably never liberate ourselves of it, but we can minimize its effect on us by understanding its origin...

Absence Runs 2... The post just before the New Work post discussed what I though was an interesting and rare event. Here is a snapshot of the background and the event. For years and years, I have kept attendance records in all my classes. At the start of each class meeting, I send around class a roster on which each...