I have officially finished with the Discovering Mathematics module! Reflecting back on my time I think that I have greatly expanded my mathematical knowledge, thought about ideas I hadn’t considered before and most importantly had fun!

I think that having fun should be the foundation of any mathematical class, concept or learning. This, I believe, will give mathematics the much needed boost that it needs to become just as important to us as other subjects. Everyone looks forward to an art class, why can’t we look forward to a mathematics class?

The biggest thing I have learnt during this module is just how much mathematics is in the wider world, so much more than I could have ever possibly imagined.

Moving forward I plan to embrace mathematics, to allow it back into my life. When I am carrying out specific tasks I will look for the mathematics within and recognise it.

I have already found myself saying to others “Do you know there’s mathematics in what you are doing right now?”

Moving forward mathematics is not going to be something I learned in the classroom, or a module I took in university, it is going to be a part of me in my life, and this module has helped me to recognise this.

A little advice to future students partaking in this module, don’t get too hung up on the actual sums behind the inputs, enjoy and embrace them instead, because the essay and the blog-posts aren’t assessed on your mathematical ability that you developed in school, it’s about your engagement!