This week's reading have been an eye opener for me. Math literacy is important in our society. Robert Moses have successfully examined this phenom and how it relates to civil rights. "In today's poor people economic access and full citizenship depend crucially on math and science literacy." (Moses, pg. 5) Moses could have not said it any better in which if we do not ensure the importance for math and science, our poor minority student will not become successful. I have an incredible youtube clip in which Bret Lewis talks about math literacy. This video is exactly what Dr. Moses is saying and if you can, please take a look at this video and relate it to what we have read.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpYCOSzAgeo
Lastly, we had an assignment in which we had to evaluate our writing. This assignment was very helpful for me because it actually made me sit and think about my writing. Although English is not my first language, I have grown since my freshmen year in college. I took many English courses as an undergrad because I was not ready to write at the college level. I often tend to verbiage in my writing so I try to use as many simple words as I can in order to get my message across efficiently and effectively. I know that reading a lot will improve my writing so I see that as an opportunity for myself to improve as a writer.
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