| What is your opinion of math? Math, you say? | | | | from here? If math is dull, boring and |
| What do I care about math? I had to take it | | | | tedious, how can it matter? Well, the truth |
| in school, but I am beyond that now. Math no | | | | is, it doesn't have to be. Math can be fun, |
| longer applies to my life. On the other side | | | | exciting and something to look forward to. |
| of the coin, there are those that find math | | | | How? How can math possibly be fun? Well, |
| to be exciting, exhilarating, and the time of | | | | have you ever played a game? Sure, you have. |
| their lives. It does apply to their lives | | | | Was it fun? Of course it was. Would you |
| and they can't wait to use it. This second | | | | ever like to play another game again? If the |
| opinion, however, is the minority. Most | | | | answer is, "Yes", then I have hope for you |
| people find that math is work. It is | | | | when it comes to math. There are games out |
| confusing, complicated and totally | | | | there that are just as much fun and teach you |
| unnecessary. Is this you? The problem with | | | | all you need to know to succeed in math. |
| this kind of thinking is that it isn't true. | | | | Have you ever played Dominoes or Hangman? |
| Math is necessary, from the simplest addition | | | | Have you ever played cards or board games? I |
| and subtraction to more difficult geometry | | | | know a way to adapt these well-known games to |
| and physics. Math applies to life and we | | | | math, and I know a great many more games that |
| cannot live without it. | | | | do the same thing. You will find yourself |
| | | | having so much fun that you will wonder where |
| So, with that established, where do we go | | | | the time has gone. |