Sierpinski cookies. Image: Lenore Edman, via flickr.
On failure and coconut chocolate chip cookies. “I failed at these cookies. I fail at math sometimes. I am not a failure of a person, and while I enjoy baking and math, being great at either of them does not define me as a person.” I am writing this post after grading my final exams. The exam was hard, and I hope any of my students who are disappointed in their performance on the final know that they are not their grade on a math test! (In a related vein, Francis Su’s blog post about the lesson of grace in teaching really helped me think about how I communicate to my students that I care about them as people.)
Read the full post at the AMS Blog on Math Blogs.
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