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A non-violent anarchist Mathematics teacher and Christian who has views about everything under the sun.

Category: Pedagogy

  • The Beauty and Importance of Geometry

    Mathematical Cardiac Arrest As my readers should know by now, I teach mathematics, focusing mainly on students in high school and there too preferring to focus on students in grades 11 and 12. Hence, when students reach me, their foundation in mathematics has, for the most part, been laid, for good or ill. Unfortunately, very…

  • Appeal to the Custodians of Knowledge

    Tools that Help There are tools that enhance one’s ability to understand. And there are tools that are a hindrance to understanding. For example, when I first came across a Phillips head screw and the screwdriver that accompanied it, I was blown away. I was intuitively able to see why this screw head was superior…

  • My Unbounded Mathematical Trauma

    The Initial Trauma It was almost twenty years ago when I first heard the statement. It shocked me then. No, to be true to what I felt, it was as though someone had punched me in the gut. I felt a visceral response to the statement. And even today when I hear similar statements, it…

  • The Tyranny of Numbers (And How to Break Free)

    Launching Pad I launched this blog on Friday, 1 March 2024. I knew that I wanted to have a post specifically for International Women’s Day on Friday, 8 March 2024, which became Primordial Prime Ordinals. So I had planned something else as my third post for this blog. However, after the first post, The Eye…