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When Penguin asked me to write a blog on "Back to School" my first thought was, Is summer over already? And I briefly flashed back to that feeling from my childhood of dread, as the freedom of summer evaporated and September loomed in front of me. I remember seeing television ads with excited kids wearing brightly colored clothes, jumping around with new backpacks amidst loud "Back to School" graphics, and I'd think, Why the heck are all those kids so excited about going back to school? I mean really, didn't they know this meant that we all had to wake up early and endure things like math tests?
So, although I'm writing in a "Back to School" themed blog this week, I promise not to pretend that going back to school is all hunky-dory and that you're all just ecstatic in your hot pink outfits and orange book bags. In fact, to all you middle school and high school kids who are about to go back to school, I will say this: I feel your pain.
And I hereby pledge to make it much, much less painful.
It would be hard to dispute that one of the least popular subjects, and therefore one of the most popular sources of September dread, is mathematics. If you're going into 6th - 8th grade, you're probably going to be learning some form of pre-algebra. And guess what? I've written two books, Math Doesn't Suck (paperback released on July 1, 2008), and Kiss My Math (hardcover released Aug. 5th, 2008) that will help you not only get through pre-algebra, but actually enjoy the subject.
