Algebra

I am writing to express my interest in the teaching internship for Vela Summer Scholars Program. As a first-year student interested in teaching, I joined Ed Pros at Amherst College, which is where I first heard about the Vela Scholars Program. I was drawn to Vela’s focus on exploratory learning and emphasis on strengthening connections to the community. At Amherst, from volunteering as an ESL conversation partner at the Jones Library to becoming a music tutor for the Wildwood Elementary band, I…

schooling in his youth at Rockwood Academy. James's father died when he was only 14, which means James had to quit school. He had to work while his mother ran an inn, he worked with a grocer while being able to study with the reverend. His work with algebra and geometry will help him in his future. James moved to the United States when he was 17 determined to be an animal and fur trader. He settled in St. Paul, Minnesota working for a steamboat company. He lost sight in his right eye from a…

generation and with the proper ideals on race.  Statement of Qualifications One day when I was heading to school, I checked my Facebook like most teenagers. Within my feed was a repost from Twitter and the post wrote that an Asian kid failed an Algebra test so the narrator was going to fail. It isn’t uncommon for many Americans to laugh, for we laugh at stereotype jests aimed at us. However, I think some of the stereotypes hanging around Asians can be harsh and almost a little too much with…

French to young women but something else was waiting for her during her path. It was to fell in love with Math and to become a mathematician and her dream of teaching. Amalie Emmy Noether is a female mathematician, who was known for her abstract algebra and theoretical physics. She was born on March 23, 1882, in Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany. She died at the age of 53 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on April 14, 1935. She has three siblings but everyone expects one died in their childhood. Her father,…

It was the end of another long school day when I first heard those words. My kindergartener self and my then first grade sister were squabbling in the backseat of our grandmother’s car about something so insignificant that I can’t even recall what it was. What my grandmother told us has stayed with us forever, “Be nice to each other. That’s the only sister you have.” These words were often repeated, also by our mother, although in a more exasperated manner when our voices were raised in a fight,…

For better or worse, a student’s score on the SAT still holds tremendous sway over her future academic career. Even for gifted students, the weight placed on a single test can be intimidating, so it helps to be as prepared as possible to achieve the best possible score. In this article, the SAT prep experts at Mathnasium of Chesapeake in Chesapeake, Virginia, offer a few tips on getting a student ready for the test. 5 Successful Strategies for the SAT Stay Calm The SAT features multiple,…

wars, and revolutions were produced. Rene` Descartes, John Locke, and Denis Diderot to name a few thinkers/ philosophers that were apart of the Enlightenment which was based of the ways that they vision how society was built on. The revolution of algebra and geometry was produced by Rene` Descartes. Being the youngest out of three children and his mother dying at a young age.. Rene was very well educated and advanced for his age and at age 8 he sent to Jesuit boarding school to better his…

began to do complex math equations to work out problems they saw in shapes and other things in nature (x2 + 3x – 22). These concepts started growing and they expanded upon every single discovery and now we use many of these methods in our modern-day algebra or geometry. Further into the future, many advancements in counting have come about. The concept of zero has been for the most part finished and polished. In the 1600’s many of the modern math’s that we learn in school have been developed…

the importance of achievements I have made and how I will use them in other classes as well as in my life. Math to me is more than numbers, theories, and concepts. It’s a discipline that has many forms. Before taking pre-calculus, I took college algebra, and prior to taking that class I took the college readiness assessment. While my foundation of basic math skills is a little unpolished I enjoy learning math. I work…

helped me to care about school.Without the people who have helped me for the better I would still be in an average class getting D’s. I would not have accomplished what I have; being in the Gate Class, participating in Academic Pentathlon, passing algebra and moving into Geometry. So I am determined to push myself and keep going to do better than yesterday.…