30 Days of Math Review Challenge

When I posted my Internet-less Challenge Wrap-up, I promised myself to do another challenge soon. Well, here I am, embarking on a new challenge. This time, it isn’t an experiment in time management or productivity, rather it is a habit that I want to cultivate and a skill I want to master: Mathematics.

The idea is to do one hour of reviewing math concepts that I’ve already learned, to ensure I don’t forget them easily.

I started yesterday, August 4th. Out of the five questions I chose for my review, I solved only 1.5 correctly. This, however, isn’t going to deter me. I’m determined to get better within the next 30 days. After all, I kind of did the same thing with my SAT Practice earlier this year … 100 extra points in Math within about six weeks.

I’m hoping I’ll be able to post everyday, but for now, I’ll promise to update every two to three days. (I’m trying to get rid of commitments that will cloud my mind if I don’t get to do them because of more important stuff …)

Here’s to becoming better number-crunchers!

[W1] Movie Review: 21 (2008)

 

courtesy of IMDb.com

I had decided to watch Inception the first week of January, but the day before when I was supposed to watch it, I came across 21. I watched the trailer and I thought I liked it, so, in an attempt to put off watching Inception, I watched it.

I did like the few shots in the beginning of the film of the Charles River and Cambridge, MA;  but overall, I didn’t like the film much. Maybe this was because I have strong views against gambling, which was one of the main themes of this movie.

The story is about an MIT undergraduate student named Ben Campbell, who needs about $300K to attend Harvard Medical School the next year. His math professor is impressed by his ability to solve complicated equations in his head, and introduces him to a secret club comprised of other MIT students. Reluctant at the beginning, he later joins, to be trained in the skill of card counting. Soon, he is on his way to Vegas every weekend with his new friends, and they make a lot of money, which starts a few problems in the otherwise peaceful life Ben leads.

It was an interesting watch, but I won’t watch it again, because I’m pretty sure there are other movies out there that are more interesting which I haven’t yet watched.

Happy watching, and I’m sorry for posting this so late.