No One Grows Up Wanting To Hate Math

No one grows up wanting to hate math. I want to see a world where people don't hate it or fear it. I don't hope this for math's sake. No, there will always be mathematicians. There will always be breakthroughs. I hope instead for people's sake.

Math is not just one thing. I want people to see that, to know that. It is everywhere, whether we realize it or not. It's about communication, information, systems, networks, representation, and so much more.

When you solve a math problem, everything you do is a statement, I mean that literally. I can take that math on the page and translate it into English. I could express things visually through a graph, or chart. I can express things numerically through a table. I can do so many things, I can explore so many ideas. I can extract, use, and convey so many so many things, so much information.

I hope that more people share in my wonder of math. I'm also very proud that I have gotten more people into it, that I have made some people hate it less. I'm furthermore glad that people have made it a point to let me know. I'm incredibly grateful.

I firmly believe people want to see the wonder of math. I believe they are looking for a reason to like it. I feel like they also want to see the practicality of math. We get so abstract that it throws people off. We forget that are natural mathematics. What we come to know as math in the academic sense is an extension of what we do naturally. No one grows up wanting to hate math and I hope more come to like it or at least realize that they are capable of doing and they secretly do it already.