New Blog 3: Online Math Help

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Online Math Help

Hacker makes the point that it is perseverance, rather than mathematical ability, that enables students to take on demanding jobs. In my own experience, however, many students refuse to go into engineering—despite their obvious talent for and interest in technical topics and general ability to persevere—because of their poor preparation in, and fear of, mathematics. In other words, it doesn’t matter whether these kids can persevere—they simply didn’t get the necessary preparation in math to get them out of a “would you like fries with that” career.