Uh.... WHAT?!

This week I'm at AP Statistics training in Vancouver. This is because I'm teaching it next year for the first time. I'm sort of pumped, although I haven't done any official stats since college - which is now 11 years ago (gulp). So I get training from stat pros, and other math teachers from all over the place sit with me.

Ever feel like the dumbest person in the room?

I did yesterday. Bunch of math nerds. Today, however, I am king nerd! We talked about things right in my wheelhouse... We'll see how tomorrow goes.

Us Lemiere boys have done pretty well in math to this point. It is a source of pride to me. There is a positive correlation between level of math taken and overall academic achievement (how's that for a statistical statement - it's true btw). Of the 3 of us kids, I probably am the weakest in math, though I teach it. Nick and Eric are exceptional at it, if I may boast. I think it's like diarhea for us - it runs in our genes. Hey-O! Good luck Dash and Levi.

A lot of the math I know is not applicable to everyday life (trivial pursuit knowledge I like to call it) but I've been happily suprised at what I have been able to use. A lot more than I would have thought. I like knowing stuff even if it's "useless" bc sometimes it has use.

I am not/was not good at English in school. Reading and writing...ugh. I think my english teachers looked at me and said, "Well. . . he works pretty hard and his papers make me laugh (either because they're creative or their sooo bad). Here's a B." And if that's the case, then thanks Mrs. Delong, Mrs. Dearing, Mr. Waite, Ms. Miner, Ms. Cooper, Mr. Wheeler (jr/hi school), Mr. Clark, Mr. Alkazin (LCC), and that cute-in-a-liberal-arts-kind-of-way teacher from Texas I had twice at Concordia.

In an unrelated story, I finally felt like I got good at English while at Concordia. I don't know what I'm trying to say, but that's a fact Jack.

Wasn't that good at art either. Or penmanship, back in the day.

Have a good day.