Calculus

Thursday night I spent a great deal of time watching internet tutorials about factoring trinomials. Then Friday afternoon I made a confession about honors calculus.  Then the person I confessed to kept making math metaphors.  Lots of air graphs, right in conversation.  The word sine was actually used.  I’m not sure if it was a coincidence, and math metaphors just happen to be this person’s gig, or if the confession brought math to the forefront of our conversation, or if I was being persecuted after my confession.  (I’m pretty sure I wasn’t being persecuted, but it’s good to throw that possibility into the mix). And then I came home and read this poem by Franny Choi on Rattle.  The universe is sending math my way.  Maybe the universe hates me. I don’t think it does though, because this poem is amazing.

Your assignment:

1. List twelve one line sensory memories (they don’t have to be the most intense deep dark things like my calculus confession, they can be simple–even happy!–memories).
2. Decide what the x axis and y axis will be. I’m thinking something around: how much I felt like myself vs how much the memory makes me look like who I wish to be.  I’ve been reading Carl Rogers.
3. Plot it out.

I’m still not telling you the thing about honors calculus.  I’m sorry.  But I will tell you this: if I could have any other job in the world (and I really love my job), it would be hosting a show on QVC.  I love QVC.  That’s a confession.