“At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin.” SchoolFatherCareersRolesMonthsHigh SchoolMathematicsFilledEightMedicalI RealizedGreekFeminineLatinGapsPermissionMedical SchoolProfessional Career Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“The world is colors and motion, feelings and thoughts and what does math have to do with it? Not much, if 'math' means being bored in high school, but in truth mathematics is the one universal science. Mathematics is the study of pure pattern and everything in the cosmos is a kind of pattern.” IfsWorldKindMeanDoeFeelingsSchoolStudyColorPureHigh SchoolUniversalMathematicsPatternsMathBoredCosmosBeing Bored Book:Mind Tools: The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality Source: Mind Tools: The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality
“In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was a nightmare scenario for me. Meeting other artists and going to punk rock shows at that age, there was a feeling of freedom and community that I wanted to partake in.” ShowsFeelingsAgeWantedSchoolArtistCommunityRocksHigh SchoolMathematicsMeetingsMathNightmarePunkEngineeringScenariosPunk Rock Author:Laura Owens
“I tell you that studying humanities in high school is more important than mathematics - mathematics is too sharp an instrument, no good for kids.” ImportantKidsSchoolHumanityStudyHigh SchoolMathematicsInstruments Author:Stefan Banach
“When I was done with high school, I knew that music was really important to me and I knew I didn't want to be a cellist, but I wasn't really sure if I wanted to be a composer, or think about - I was just interested in the ideas behind music, I was interested in mathematics.” IfsThinkingWantImportantIdeasDoneWantedSchoolBehindsHigh SchoolMathematicsComposerCellists Author:Tod Machover
“As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find. I never thought I would pursue mathematics until my last year in high school. I grew up in a family with three siblings. My parents were always very supportive and encouraging. It was important for them that we have meaningful and satisfying professions, but they didn't care as much about success and achievement.” ImportantCareKidsSchoolReadingParentNovelAchievementHigh SchoolExcitingMathematicsProfessionMeaningfulSupportiveSibling Author:Maryam Mirzakhani
“My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.” WaySchoolFunConditionsInvolvedHigh SchoolConceptsConcernMathematicsMath Author:Danica McKellar
“[At high school in Cape Town] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested in astronomy and devoured the popular works of astronomers such as Sir Arthur Eddington and Sir James Jeans, from which I learnt that a knowledge of mathematics and physics was essential to the pursuit of astronomy. This increased my fondness for those subjects.” SchoolScienceInterestActingKnowledgeLearningSubjectsEssentialsHigh SchoolTownsMathematicsPhysicsAstronomyPursuitTennisAcademicJeansArthurAstronomersFondnessCapesCape TownAcademic Work Author:Allan McLeod Cormack