<p>I don’t think it helps matters that my son is still somewhat ambivalent about going to college. On the one hand, he is a nationally sponsored skateboarder who has every reason to believe he has a shot at going pro (Plan A). On the other, he’s a junior in high school who wants to hedge his bets and thus is maintaining a 3.5+ gpa and would consider pursuing a marketing career in the skateboarding industry (Plan B in the event Plan A doesn’t work out). As it is, he’s planning on taking a gap year to fully explore Plan A, which we support.</p>
<p>Personally, I believe that God is math, because the symmetry of math is found everywhere in nature. But that belief unfortunately doesn’t translate into my understanding of math, or my son’s appreciation of it. Nonetheless, I am grateful to the math geeks who populate our planet and wish we could change up our curriculum to help ignite the fire in the bright fence-straddlers like my son.</p>