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	<description>We've all thought it before--"I hate math!"  Trust us. We know how you feel.</description>
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		<title>Misleading Math</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/09/25/misleading-math/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how math can be two-faced.  Well, actually there&#8217;s a mistake in the proof, but it still looks neat.

Eeeeeevil Proof
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s how math can be two-faced.  Well, actually there&#8217;s a mistake in the proof, but it still looks neat.</p>
<p><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/BOOKFA~1.YOU/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/BOOKFA~1.YOU/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://re3.yt-thm-a03.yimg.com/image/25/m5/3207177002" alt="Evil Proof" width="122" height="135" /></p>
<p><a href="http://re3.yt-thm-a03.yimg.com/image/25/m5/3207177002">Eeeeeevil Proof</a></p>
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		<title>Peace with Math</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/09/17/peace-with-math/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, everyone!  Welcome back to your FAVORITE site.  I haven&#8217;t heard from my site administrator in over a month, so it looks like the only upgrades to this site will be my comments and posts, so our topic for today is &#8220;Peace with Math.&#8221;
Yes, you too can have peace with math.  It&#8217;s easy.
JUST DON&#8217;T DO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, everyone!  Welcome back to your FAVORITE site.  I haven&#8217;t heard from my site administrator in over a month, so it looks like the only upgrades to this site will be my comments and posts, so our topic for today is &#8220;Peace with Math.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes, you too can have peace with math.  It&#8217;s easy.</p>
<p>JUST DON&#8217;T DO MATH!  Y&#8217;know those shirts that say, &#8220;Just do it!&#8221;?  Well, just don&#8217;t do it in this case.  Hehehe.</p>
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		<title>Comments, anyone?</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/06/24/comments-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#8217;ve not written lately.  If I should happen to lapse again, feel free to leave your own comments.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry I&#8217;ve not written lately.  If I should happen to lapse again, feel free to leave your own comments.</p>
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		<title>SCREAM!</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/05/09/scream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish math had a face, &#8217;cause if it did, I&#8217;d punch it right in the nose today.  Math makes me so mad I could scream.  In fact, I think I&#8217;ll scream right now.  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish math had a face, &#8217;cause if it did, I&#8217;d punch it right in the nose today.  Math makes me so mad I could scream.  In fact, I think I&#8217;ll scream right now.  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!</p>
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		<title>Sad News</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/02/22/sad-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This stinks.  I might actually have to study more math in order to maintain a suitable job.  I swore I&#8217;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&#8217;s up in my workplace.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This stinks.  I might actually have to study more math in order to maintain a suitable job.  I swore I&#8217;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&#8217;s up in my workplace.</p>
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		<title>Upgrading Pains&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/01/12/upgrading-pains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Don&#8217;t Panic! 
I&#8217;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.
&#8211; Your mathematically challenged, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8230;Don&#8217;t Panic! </strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;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.</p>
<p>I will get you back to your regularly scheduled Isle of Math, soon.</p>
<p>&#8211; Your mathematically challenged, Admin.</p>
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		<title>I Hate Math on Myspace</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2008/01/04/i-hate-math-on-myspace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s the same as my name&#8211;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.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, now I hate it on myspace.com too.  You can go there and see me, Kiele Takeuchi, at myspace.com.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kieletakeuchi">My myspace profile</a>.  It&#8217;s the same as my name&#8211;kieletakeuchi.</p>
<p>There you can read chapters 1-3 of <em>The Isle of Math</em> for free!  Feel free to make all the comments you want.  Or leave me a message or something.</p>
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		<title>Math Haters Club</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2007/12/08/math-haters-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ll grandfather all these current members into the Math Haters Club.
PETITION AGAINST MATH 
So far there are more than a hundred signatures.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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&#8217;ll grandfather all these current members into the Math Haters Club.<br />
<a href="http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/MATH" title="Petition Against Math">PETITION AGAINST MATH </a></p>
<p>So far there are more than a hundred signatures.</p>
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		<title>How people have found this site.</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2007/11/24/how-people-have-found-this-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people find IOM in using mighty strange search terms.
Obvious search terms to find IOM
isle of math
hate math

Less obvious terms to find IOM
math gang names

err&#8230; Okay

reasons for hating math

Don&#8217;t you mean reasons for not hating math?   There are plenty of reasons to hate math.

math abuse

Do you need counseling.  If so that is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some people find IOM in using mighty strange search terms.</p>
<p><strong>Obvious search terms to find IOM</strong><br />
isle of math<br />
hate math<br />
<strong><br />
Less obvious terms to find IOM</strong></p>
<p>math gang names</p>
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<li>err&#8230; Okay</li>
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<p>reasons for hating math</p>
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<li>Don&#8217;t you mean reasons for not hating math?   There are plenty of reasons to hate math.</li>
</ul>
<p>math abuse</p>
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<li>Do you need counseling.  If so that is our job.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>You found IOM by searching what!</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;date a math major&#8221;</p>
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<li>  Perhaps you should question if that is a good idea or not.</li>
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<p>&#8220;math dreams&#8221;</p>
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<li>Are you sure you didn&#8217;t mean &#8220;math nightmares&#8221;?</li>
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<p>fail math exams in my dreams</p>
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<li>We understand, but sometimes it is a reality</li>
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<p>trigonometry haikus</p>
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<li>Poetry, bah-humbug!</li>
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<p>running a math club -site:edu</p>
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<li>No comment.</li>
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		<title>Math-hating Has Conquered the World</title>
		<link>http://www.isleofmath.com/2007/09/23/math-hating-has-conquered-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.isleofmath.com/2007/09/23/math-hating-has-conquered-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiele Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A quick search just showed <em>The Isle of Math</em> 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.</p>
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