Dear 7th Grade student; You probably don’t know who Pythagoras is and you probably don’t care. Well, after this, you will care. But if you do know who he is by some off chance, great! To you, this will just be a refresher, while for some this is completely new. So, Pythagoras was a mathematical genius. He was respected by all who followed him. But he was feared by most because of his “powers”. Those who followed him were part of a cult or following, and they were serious about what they did. They treated math like it was a religion. They studied it and tried to find out what ever they could. Because of this, Pythagoras and his followers were disbanded from meeting. So, they started an underground meeting club and continued their work in private.
