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Since I'm starting from scratch (though I won't be deleting any of the previous drivel that I published), I should first introduce myself.
I'm a 30 something (ok, 30 exactly) math professor at a liberal arts college who doesn't have a Ph.D. (and after taking graduate math classes at two different schools, I no longer want a Ph.D.). The only downside to the extra letters that aren't on the end of my name is that college teaching positions are tenuous at best.
Over the last seven years, I have taught a variety of courses at three different institutions including:
- Pre-Algebra
- Algebra I
- Algebra II
- PreCalculus
- Calculus I
- Calculus II (scheduled to teach in spring 2014)
- Combinatorics
- Intro. to Statistics
- Mathematics of Games & Gambling
It's an eclectic group of courses, but most of them were a lot of fun to teach. I'd also like to think they were fun for the students, though I in some cases I have my doubts.
It's those doubts that are impetus for this particular blog. My Fall 2013 schedule looks something like this:
- Calculus I (two sections plus two labs)
- Mathematics of Games & Gambling
It is my goal to make my three courses as fun for the students AND as rigorous as possible. Can those two ideas coexist? Well, sure, I believe they can or else I wouldn't be attempting it!
As the summer progresses, I hope to start posting some of my course ideas. Eventually, I hope to have a vibrant blog following where ideas get bounced back and forth (and by all means, feel free to disagree with me). Until then, I'll blog like no one's reading.*
*not hard to do when no one is actually reading
