Philip Delves Broughton wrote "Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School." I haven't read the book, but the Times story said, "In 2004, dismayed over the gloomy state of newspaper journalism and his own career prospects. Mr. Broughton, then 32, quit his job as Paris bureau chief for The Daily Telegraph of London and enrolled in Harvard Business School."
Being a good journalist, he wrote a book about it. It's now (Aug. 17, 2008) at 129 on the Amazon rankings. That is a spectacular accomplishment in itself. My book, "Race and Class on Campus: Conversations with Ricardo's Daughter,"
made it up to the low 400,000s. Now it's at 1,699,074. Those kinds of rankings (mine, not Philip's) are great for humility. Not too great for launching a writing career.O.K., so I'm not gloomy about the state of newspaper journalism or my own career prospects, I'm not quitting my job, and I'm going to Pima Community College rather than Harvard Business School. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. And perhaps writing about it.
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Tomorrow I plan to call Pima College's math department to try to get contact info for Professor Gerald J. Lapeyre. There has to be a story there, and I need to figure out how to get the textbook for less than $150.
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I'm still working on paperless, calculator-free addition. The exercise I'm on consists of 15 sets of 12 two-digit numbers in columns. My lack of accuracy still surprises me. I'm working on the first five sets only and I haven't yet got all of them right.
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I think I want to find other people who have learned math late and learn about their stories. If you've done that or know anyone who has and who might be willing to tell me about it, please pass along my email address (rochlin@arizona.edu) and ask them to drop me a line. Do people under 50 say, "drop me a line?"
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