Prepping for Northern CA State MATHCOUNTS
by rrusczyk, Jun 17, 2006, 3:21 PM
Another late night at AoPS. I was working on my math talk for the Northern California State MATHCOUNTS contest and I realized there was no way it would take any reasonable amount of time to prepare. I also realized it kind of stunk.
So I got ticked off and went to the gym. This worked splendidly. I came up with a much better idea, inspired by my earlier ramble about the importance of play.
We're going to play games. I'll start by telling everyone (parents, mostly - students already know this
) how important play is. Then I'll define a game, then bring up students to play it. First one to beat three others in a row, then beat me, wins an AoPS gift certificate.
I hope this works . . . Could be great fun. I'll try to remember to share the games here after I use them.
So I got ticked off and went to the gym. This worked splendidly. I came up with a much better idea, inspired by my earlier ramble about the importance of play.
We're going to play games. I'll start by telling everyone (parents, mostly - students already know this
) how important play is. Then I'll define a game, then bring up students to play it. First one to beat three others in a row, then beat me, wins an AoPS gift certificate.I hope this works . . . Could be great fun. I'll try to remember to share the games here after I use them.
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