Please welcome Juliane Molitor, Student Marketing and Communications
Assistant, Career Services, Northern Kentucky University, for a brief
announcement.
I want to thank you for that really great discussion last time. It
was super to hear so many different voices, and you had so many
interesting things to say!
Keep talking! Especially when our visitors show up. We've got eight
speakers in a row coming in, to share their love of mathematics with
you. The first four are going to focus on career, and the last four
will focus on math.
Your homework is due today: a typed, two-page dialogue of your
own, using Lockhart's characters (or any two of your own -- e.g. Bugs
Bunny and Elmer Fudd!;). Insert an experience of your own, to bolster
the claim of one or the other. Try to see the other side's point of
view, however!
Next week: my brother Steve will be here, to share his experiences
with the Statistics of Marketing Research (and other aspects of life in
the corporate world). Talks will generally last 30 minutes or less,
leaving us about 20 minutes of discussion and questions. Your job: ask questions!
Today we'll be following Lockhart's advice, and playing. You see that
I've listed tic-tac-toe as the game. What makes that game especially
interesting from a mathematical perspective?
Play with a partner (or two).
Can you always guarantee a win?
Can you guarantee a tie?
Is there anything that you can guarantee?
Make sure that you both know how to play defense.
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