Alex EllensworthinStudent VoicesHow I’m unlearning high school: drunk algebraCos Algeber. Is the skeleton of all mathematics. Bones-wise. It’s my bones. Ooh, that’s something, innit. Hic.Oct 17, 2016Oct 17, 2016
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: why don’t we call it Archibald?I’ve gotta say, I am killing it on the algebra front at the moment. All of this everyday math I do, when I can’t find my smartphone to do…Sep 15, 20161Sep 15, 20161
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: if x equals y then can we have cake?I got pretty excited by my last algebra achievement, which was to solve an equation that contained multiplication. Since then I’ve been…Sep 13, 20165Sep 13, 20165
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: too many damned x’sSo I have conquered my first fear of algebra: that of letters and numbers socialising together. I’ve then gone further and bravely balanced…Sep 9, 20162Sep 9, 20162
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: seriously, why algebra?“So I’m writing about teaching myself algebra”, I told someone exitedly the other day. Their response: “Why on earth would you do that?”Sep 7, 20162Sep 7, 20162
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: finally doing an equationPlacing letters next to numbers in algebra is initially confusing. Once it’s understood that the letters are just stand-ins, sort of…Sep 5, 2016Sep 5, 2016
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: words or numbers?ARE YOU WORDS OR NUMBERS.Sep 2, 20161Sep 2, 20161
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: algebraThe first time I remember my body stiffening in a math’s classroom was with the introduction of the alphabet into what I had understood as…Aug 31, 2016Aug 31, 2016
Alex EllensworthHow I'm unlearning high school: mathMy mother tells me that I was very good at math and enjoyed it until I went to high school; the death of most, if not all, independent…Aug 29, 20163Aug 29, 20163
