I am an accountant and I love math! I find it very relaxing, just like
Marty's intelligence quiz or doing jigsaw puzzles.
Christine
At 10:16 AM 02/06/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Joicy,
>That's part of the beauty of it--this math is definately the same math
>you were learning! 1+1=2 since time began! How different that is
>from the field of computer science, in which one must renew his/her
>bag of tools every few years!
>
>I know exactly what you're saying though, I learned to hate math
>in high school--along with the rest of the mundane subjects they
>taught there. Of course, it wasn't the subjects, but it was my
>relationships with my teachers. Now I find it terribly interesting
>to read my kids history books, for example. I must be turning
>into an old fart.
>
>Joicy, people like you definately make it easier to hang in there!
>Thanks so much!
>
>Ross
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joicy Becker-Richards [SMTP:joicy@erols.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 9:19 PM
>To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>Subject: Re: [MOL] I'm Still Here....
>
>Ross, you're too much! I think this is defintely the first time I've
>heard "sexy" and "math" used in the same sentence!! Your math defintely
>sounds different from the math I learned from an old gym teacher, who
>explained everything in terms of sports plays I couldn't understand
>either! LOL But I think anything you love that much, you definitely need
>to pursue, and how great that you have an opportunity like that. Hang in
>there! Love, Joicy
>
>Ross Ylitalo wrote:
>>
>> Hi Joicy,
>>
>> I think you are probably right for the most part...it must be easier for us
>> guys to lose hair. I guess I was having a sensitive moment or something.
>> No wigs for me though, that's for sure. I like short haircuts on women
>> though--they definately are stylish in my book!
>>
>> And I agree with your comment about the stranger in the mirror. LOL, and
>> I never wanna have nothing to do with puperty again--I've passed that rite!
>>
>> Wanna hear something sexy from the math book I'm reading right now???
>>
>> "The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may
>> claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit. another
claimant
>> for this position is music."--Mathematics as an Element in the History
>> of Thought, by Alfred North Whitehead.
>>
>> The author then goes on for the next 15 pages of text supporting this
thesis.
>> Is that an amazing claim or what? Its really mind-boggling stuff! I'm
thinking
>> of following up with a math-major (I get free tuition, as an employee
here at
>> Michigan Technological University--and they let me go during working hours
>> with pay!)
>>
>> I'd love to ramble on...but my ride awaits me!
>>
>> Tomorrow then! Thanks for writing!
>>
>> Ross
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