*The Secret of Math

About the Book

“Because I love English and I hate math!” replied the first-year college student when I asked her what was going on as an evaluation of her transcript revealed most subject areas completed except for math and science. There was something deep and emotional at work in her words. She – it could easily have been a he – needed not just help, but a major shift in the way she thought about math and science. Herein is that help. This is a simple approach built from years of college advising, and if implemented, will open the door to another way of working with math, and looking at life. While the book is designed for the college student who has been highly successful in avoiding math and/or science, it does have application in the primary through secondary school system. And, it is also a communication tool that may be used in personal relationships.

About the Author

Born in Tacoma, Washington, graduated from Fife High School, spent four years, three months and 22 days of active duty with the US Navy, then attended and graduated from Green River Community College with an AA degree, Western Washington University with a BAEd, and Seattle University with an MEd (purposefully chosen because of a perceived lack of math and did not have to take the GRE’s – a test that has lots of math and English in it), spent four years, three months, and 22 days on active duty in the US Navy, twice climbed 14,410 foot Mt. Rainier, once bicycled around Oahu, has a wife and two sons, four cats, one dog, and a love-hate relationship with a 1960 Austin Healey and a 1957 Chevrolet. Should the astute reader do a web search on the author’s name, please be aware that this Jon Arnhold is definitely not the same John Arnhold, billionaire, that pops up from the web search.