Originally Posted by
Jim Allen
Wow, well done. So where did you teach?
I don't teach mathematics. I'm just a retired engineer. When I retired, I contacted all the high schools in my area (don't remember exactly how many, maybe four). I volunteered to tutor students in advanced mathematics, especially those who planned to go to college for engineering, mathematics, physics, etc. Not one would accept me.
I think what they wanted was someone to tutor the students who were not doing well - they just weren't interested in having someone work with their advanced students. I even volunteered to come in and do a presentation to the mathematics club on something like complex numbers. Again, no interest.
I met one of the mathematics teachers for coffee so that he could see that I wasn't some oddball but I still couldn't get any interest (maybe he did think I was an oddball).
I just wrote that paper for the son of some friends and while I was writing it, I decided to target it to a general audience - not just him.
I did a lot of writing in my job so it was fairly easy to write this paper. I had to research some of the mathematics to make sure I was doing it correctly. It's been a long time since I was in college.
Mike
Last edited by Mike Henderson; 07-01-2020 at 8:08 PM.
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