Zeke competed in the ACSI math olympics for fourth grade reasoning and won second place. He was quite surprised by the accomplishment. Dale, his math minded father was not.
Gabe’s middle school did not attend the competition this year, and he was sorely disappointed. He’ll have to wait for the opportunity to be on the competitive math team in high school. Math Geeks Unite!
Gabe has his sights set on taking AP Calc BC in high school. Both Josiah and Abby decided during AP Calc AB that being a math major was not in their future. Now, Josiah’s college math classes are easier than his high school math classes. (The benefits of being an English major.)
I never had any math major dreams. College Calculus was an exercise in repetition. I did every problem set over and over again until I knew what symbols and numbers went in which spots. I did not understand it, I simply memorized the pattern of it. Dale’s memories of methodically working through every review problem with me are not happy memories.
Dale did not give up his math major dreams until he took mathematical modeling in college.
We’ll see how far Zeke gets in the competitive world of maths. The pressure is high, the competition fierce, and the girl in third place has Zeke in her sights.
