SCREAM!
I wish math had a face, ’cause if it did, I’d punch it right in the nose today. Math makes me so mad I could scream. In fact, I think I’ll scream right now. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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I wish math had a face, ’cause if it did, I’d punch it right in the nose today. Math makes me so mad I could scream. In fact, I think I’ll scream right now. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
This stinks. I might actually have to study more math in order to maintain a suitable job. I swore I’d never take another math class, but it looks like I might have to eat my words. More later after I do a bit of spy work to figure out what’s up in my workplace.
…Don’t Panic!
I’m upgrading website. The software was waaaaaaaaay out of date and needed updating. The software was updated and the theme had to be updated. I have to customize the theme to get it back to what it was.
I will get you back to your regularly scheduled Isle of Math, soon.
– Your mathematically challenged, Admin.
Yes, now I hate it on myspace.com too. You can go there and see me, Kiele Takeuchi, at myspace.com.
My myspace profile. It’s the same as my name–kieletakeuchi.
There you can read chapters 1-3 of The Isle of Math for free! Feel free to make all the comments you want. Or leave me a message or something.
Or maybe it should be called the Math Hater Club or the Math is Evil Club. Anyway, I just signed an I hate math petition. Go here to sign away your hatred. I’ll grandfather all these current members into the Math Haters Club.
PETITION AGAINST MATH
So far there are more than a hundred signatures.
Some people find IOM in using mighty strange search terms.
Obvious search terms to find IOM
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hate math
Less obvious terms to find IOM
math gang names
reasons for hating math
math abuse
You found IOM by searching what!
“date a math major”
“math dreams”
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A quick search just showed The Isle of Math in over 130 bookstores in six countries: USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and Germany. It looks like math is just as notorious in other parts of the world as well.
According to the back cover of The Isle of Math, you can read all about me on this website. I’ve waited a while before actually doing a long bio of me until the book was out. Well, it’s out, and here I am. Seeing as it’s the Fourth of July today, and I’m all alone, I’ll conduct the interview with myself.
Full name? Kiele Kione Takeuchi
Where do you live? California, but I’ve also lived in Hawaii…hence the name Kiele. At some point or other I had some Japanese ancestry, but it’s so far back that only the last name shows it.
What possessed you to write a book about math? College geometry. Trying to prove that 1 didn’t equal 0 made absolutely no sense. That and the fact that no one’s ever written a book about hating math before. There was a blaring necessity for it.
What was your goal in writing a book about hating math? Hmm. I had quite a few goals. 1. First of all, there’s a need for this type book. Poll any random algebra class, and at least 75% of them will say they hate math. 2. For those who hate math really passionately, they tend to want to vent their frustration. Why not read about a math teacher whose life is ruined by math rather than burning that algebra book? It’s much cheaper. 3. To show how silly some of those college professors can be. 4. To vent my own frustration with math. 5. There are more reasons, but I can’t think of them at the moment.
Have you written any other novels? Yes, but they’re still in my editing pile. Lately I’ve been working on short stories and articles for magazines.
What do you do in your spare time? Reading and writing, obviously. I like to travel. Hawaii’s always been a favorite, but I’d like to travel abroad someday.
Here it is–the novel you’ve all been waiting for. This is the perfect back-to-school gift for all those math haters out there.
