"The math course worked so well that I went on," he said.
On the side, he studied philosophy and took a math course.
Why end up without advanced math courses when you can take them at a nearby college?
"If a student doesn't take the right sequence of math courses in high school, they can lose out on the best jobs."
Although many high school students take more and better math courses today, fewer do so in English.
Fewer than 30 percent checked any math course at all.
The new book is aimed at students who enter college and insist, "I'll never take another math course again."
She grinned and answered that then he'd never had a math course.
During the first year, only English and math courses were taught within the academy.
Each math course runs three hours once a week.