Confessions of a math-hating journalist

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Matt Waite did the computer programming behind the Pulitzer-winning PolitiFact site. Now he's a college professor who recently found himself sitting through a remedial math class. Why? Because, like many of us, he avoided math while studying journalism: “So do me a favor: Try. Stop with the jokes. Stop telling me, 'Oh, I could never do that' when you ask me about math. Because it’s not true. You can. If you try. You can be good at math.”

November 21, 2013

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