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My goal was to inspire, delight and challenge children, as the Saint Mary's Math Contest did for me.
Dr. O'Neil's complete essay is included below, along with a balancing perspective from Dr. Paul Zeitz, a longtime math contest participant and coach.
I remember that I didn't enjoy the Saint Mary's Math Contest in which I sat at a desk alone and spent several hours working on problems.
The way the math contest system is currently designed, nearly all the participating students end up with a feeling of not having been good enough.
Always Clumsy, and guileless, mind-Blind, and deathly shy, Winning every spelling bee, Every math contest, Done before the rest, finishing First in science test.
Students who received enough points on the year's qualifying problems were invited to the Saint Mary's Math Contest in Moraga, Calif., toward the end of the school year.
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Is your kid entranced by math but discouraged by math contests?
Dr. Paul Zeitz I'd like to offer a not-too-full-throated defense of math contests.
Now let's get back to Dr. O'Neil's complete essay on math contests.
Dr. Cathy O'Neil I think math contests for kids kind of suck.
When I was in middle school, there were no math contests.
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