It's fun to be a math teacher

Once you get past the idea that lots of kids hate your class because they are afraid of math. Wednesday was World Math Day, and our department decided to be geeky enough to celebrate. There was an online competition held worldwide where students could compete against kids in other countries in minute long speed arithmetic (adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying only) challenges. It was great fun to see my kids excited about doing math problems. Its amazing how the aspect of a bit of competition can motivate and excite some kids. Sometimes its fun to be a math teacher.