Below is my new purpose going into the doctoral program at Columbia University TC.   “Poets do not go mad; but chess players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom.” This quotation from G. K. Chesterton highlights the supposed danger that hides its claws in the

“How did you get that answer?” This is what I call the how question: the phrase that I have used the most throughout the six years of my experience as a mathematics tutor.   Students’ responses vary. Sometimes they try their best to explain their reasoning. Other times they would