No Math?!

Well it seems I have the unfortunate luck of finding all math blogs, that well don't keep up with their blogging.  So this week I decided to go back to the Math Education Blog and scroll back a few pages where I came across a video called A World with No Math.  Looking back at one of my previous posts, it is evident that many students ask "When will I use this in life."  Now, we all know many people aren't using algebra or calculus every single day, but it is certainly built into your everyday life without even realizing it.  The house you live in, math built that.  The entire New York Skyline, math built that.  Every time you check the time, use a tape measure, or dance to a beat, you are using math.  Even in Disney movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo, those animation creators are mathematicians.  Now the video A World with No Math is certainly a light hearted and funny way to approach things if numeracy was not something we had access too, and even stars Simon Helberg, or better known as Howard from The Big Bang Theory.  After all the goofing off about how life could be without math,  they put a spin on things - there actually is a world without math.  Around the world children are not being exposed to education we have here in America and Save the Children is hosting Numeracy Boost.  This program is designed to help under privileged students learn math in fun and exciting ways.  Though I don't know that it is something I would do because I prefer being close to home, it made me consider the alternative of taking a few months to go abroad and help these children develop a love for math, just as I have.