What does it take to learn math? To live a life? | Miroslav Lovric | TEDxStMaryCSSchool

Mathematics cannot be learned by watching someone else (teacher, tutor, peer) do it -- you need to do it yourself. Relate to trying to help a friend who has a serious problem: a text message :( vs. meeting your friend face to face.
Be responsible for your learning. It is too easy to "validate" your poor math test mark on the fact that you, and a few of your peers, agree that the "test was too difficult" or that the "teacher did not give enough examples to practice."
You studied hard and failed a math test. What do you do? How you deal with failure is a major key to success!
You work on a math problem and you cannot get the answer. When do you give up? Relate to persistence, grit.
Math makes you think and discover truly interesting things, You realize that it's very little about talent, and a whole lot more about working hard. Don't lead a shallow life, reflect often on people and things that surround you. Whatever you truly care for (parents, friends, sports, hobbies) requires your energy, dedication and lots of time.
Do not waste your time. Reference to the 10,000 hours myth (and how, by age of 15 or 16, some kids spend that much time playing video games). Imagine where you would be if you spent 10,000 hours doing math!

[@miroslavlovric5013]

sorry about ok's ... i was nervous, did not even notice. now that i'm aware of it, i'm down to a reasonable number of ok's. sorry about your counter :) ML

[@CalusV]

+Miroslav Lovric I think the content of the talk more than made up for the excessive use of Ok. :) Thank you.

[@ParodyUnboxings]

+Miroslav Lovric Great presentation, and a great prof, sole reason im swapping into a math heavier program.

[@soho6435]

Miroslav Lovric You don't even have to apologize. You're great at presentation and a great professor. Besides you even saved my life, this video inspired me so much and now I'm improving my maths, in fact I have improved it already. So thank you very much professor, you are very funny, informative and inspiring.

[@anonymoustraveller2254]

Miroslav Lovric great talk.

[@AlexiLaiho227]

omg you're the cutest lol you don't need to apologize uwu

[@billiezahir5966]

I never knew my mathematic skills were good because in Math classes I was told I was below average. It was not until I went college in my 30's that I found out the truth. I realized I did math many times a day in my life without even knowing. With this discovery, I not only excelled in my Math courses but tutored others and make it a practice to do math problems as a way of relaxing because it requires the emotionally driven thoughts to fade in background and turns up my analytical thinking.

[@sinnerpeace]

Billie Zahir beautiful!

[@elidel3299]

MATH is a gateway to another dimension

[@jacksummer4041]

I've been watching this math videos on KZbin and 😂 I often see u in the comment sections....... Your user name is unique the very reason I remember u 😂

[@simonanebi]

In the hands of the right teacher math becomes what you want it to be for you. A way of life .

[@DoctrinaMathVideos]

I often come across students who were praised for their math skills in high school but struggle when they transition to college. The main concern is that many high schoolers heavily rely on Desmos, which might hinder the development of solid foundational knowledge. Additionally, some high school teachers resort to sharing Khan Academy videos without thoroughly explaining the underlying concepts. It's essential to emphasize that merely watching math tutorials on KZbin is insufficient (as several studies have shown), especially for long-term retention. This video raises several valid points on this matter.

[@joltinjack]

I'm a retired high school mathematics teacher. I really enjoyed this video! :-)

[@parijatsinha]

Miroslav, you saved my life. Thanks.

[@Mr.ZimmersClassroom]

This talk is one of the best talks I have seen at one of our events or even at the two main TED events I have attended.

[@DoctrinaMathVideos]

The best advice for any students coming directly from high school into community college or university.

[@lindagruber4110]

I wish this video would go for hours! I love that guy. That's what I call an authentic presentation!! :) okay?

[@aliam4993]

a wise and funny man! may God bless your soul

[@lauramanzanilla8388]

I'm your student right now, you're a great proff, keep it up!!

[@spacetimemalleable7718]

An EXCELLENT talk about Maths BUT it really is a great talk about LIFE also!

[@jeripruneda3293]

Very interesting! Great TED talk - thank you Mr. Loric.

[@drmehjabeenrahman1466]

This is the best ted talk ever!

[@joliettraveler]

Fantastic video. I wish I had had him for a math teacher.

[@MW-he8kz]

Excellent advice for students.

[@Manima108]

currently taking his course at McMaster (sadly, he's not teaching it, but the professor is still great). It's designed so well! I'm actually enjoying math.What a surprise

[@IamSunil017]

Ya ...maths inside of you...you rock- for telling i'm the happiest-what a mathematical term to find hapiness-"happier"

[@lucaspolitti7620]

Liked the lesson very much thank you professor

[@RiyaSingh-bz7ml]

Love it.. Thanks

[@sriramvuppalapati]

It was an awesome presentation.

[@englemanart]

Well said.

[@alexds8452]

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[@iTzThought]

Great talk! I can relate, with many of the things said here, especially since I've spent ~25,000+ hours playing video games. :(

[@ArtemRomanov]

+Dustin Graves but games make you happy, don't they?

[@doctorsocktor]

Dustin Graves 25,000 !??!?!?+?+?+ thats like 3 straight years???

[@huss2600]

@@doctorsocktor the answer you get should be divided by 2 since no one plays games 24hrs a day

[@watawonderfulworld]

made me wanna pick up my college maths text book again... :D

[@illustre_in]

This is what we call PERfECT! Seized the day:)

[@encrypted983]

Hi, I really love math, Im 22 years old, but im not good in math. The main reason is I had no good relationship with my teachers during High school, I remember a teacher who used to kick me out of his class whenever we had math lesson, I was happy and I thought it was good for me . Now Im regretting it and I have no Idea where to start leaning math. In primary I was the best student in math but during high school I lost intrest due to the bad friends and alot of depressions . I have completed High school without a single math lesson (4 years wasted) but I was good in other subject like Biology, History and a bit of chemistry. I was not working hard on those subject but to revise 2 weeks on exams was enough for me, and I was just passing the exam! Others mislead me by calling me names like "Natural clever " or the "unpredictable Genius" we used to mock on those hard-working student's when they struggling on math equations! Telling them is there any way it will help you in your real life, we use to throw jokes like finding X , and we use to call ourselves(Anti-Math Squad) but deep down I really loved math. Now im here completed high school, without any University background. Already worked for several factories and very intense labour jobs. At the moments Im a full-time Uber driver, and I have realised how I effed-Up my life🤔 One of my biggest problem in High school was , I was the first student to understand whatever the teacher is explaining but the first to forget it . Because the only time I open books was during exam time. I was very lazy person as a teenager! I was wondering if there is a book that can teach me math. Like all the high school math (Topics )compine and some Uni math Topics. After all that's what I can do at the moment.

[@temetnoce5007]

Encrypted There are tons of resources on KZbin and free pdfs of books through google. I'm not sure of your foundation, but master algebra, trig and pew calc. After that you can grapple with calculus and any higher math classes you may want to take, albeit this depends on how far down the rabbit hole you wish to dive.

[@parthm1075]

Number theory by hardy

[@antonholm114]

Khan Academy man! Go on there and master everything that feels difficult. Algebra, trigonometry and precalculus are good places to start, and if there is anything you feel shaky on they have lessons and problems from kindergarten all the way up into multi variable calculus, so just learn whatever you're unsure of until you master it. What the speaker said is true. Math is hard and mostly boring work like anything else in life, but with enough time, focus and dedication, understanding and small wins will come. Life is more than math but with a good understanding of it, so many other subjects are much easier to grasp and get good at, in stem and also economy and any academic subject using statistics. Math really pops up everywhere, so knowing it solidly beforehand saves a lot of time on courses you might take in the future where you need it. This is coming from a 21yo freshman engineering student who didn't do the best in math in high school and had a lot of catching up to do, and still do. Khan Academy and KZbin channels like 3blue1brown have saved me many times, and probably will in the future too. Good Luck with the learning!

[@romanm.9742]

I feel like I am going to end up like you ! :( I am in college right now

[@komalpanchal2125]

HEY DUDE...!!!! MY GODD..!!!!!! I am EXACTLY like YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

[@jonathancasasramirez795]

I’d love to have him as a professor!

[@loosebleu]

woah this mans my math prof!!!

[@chungyanwong7293]

The video is 1/2 correct and 1/2 wrong. You don't just learn math by doing everything on your own and hope you get an answer after seeing a problem with the solution blanked out. You also need *to get used to seeing the mathematical structures of many different proofs* to be comfortable in solving proving problems in college exams

[@roneysunil]

Superb sir!

[@nouhabhy3067]

I don't often find good math videos of tedx , but thus one is awesome!

[@mecomputer100]

It you have a number in the form aa where a is a digit between 1 and 8 the algorithm won’t work. By subtracting a you get a0 which stays a0 after you subtract 0, and is always different from a multiple of 9

[@aryavijaykumar4700]

Thank u all very much

[@rajendralekhwar4131]

Sir ... Too good explanation Thanks for your this “methomotivational” Speech Please don’t mind my random word construction, I know there is no word like “ Mothomotivation” But u know what I mean by that 😀

[@jonidimo]

Sweet

[@kimwaldron2606]

That was a pretty smart video I'm a little unclear on one point however whether we should or should not look at solution to a problem given by somebody else so does that mean that we are to reinvent all of mathematics ourselves or what? Suppose we run out of time trying to get through a course in a practical sense I don't see the realistics answer to that

[@angebrannt1755]

Nice

[@DanielHamacher]

Nice talk.

[@MxSwoppers]

okay? okay. Great talk btw:)

[@anaygonzalez4963]

Awesome stuff! If anyone needs a math tutor of any grade level up to undergraduate mathematics reply to this comment. Algebra. Geometry. Statistics. Calculus. Fourier Series. Trigonometry. SAT/ACT test prep. etc. While in high school I volunteered at a nearby community college tutoring college students. Now that I am a math major in college I was promoted to Head math tutor and I give advice to other tutors to help improve the learning experience for both the student and tutor.

[@peterjeffers2284]

"Quitters never win, and winners never quit, but those who never win or quit are idiots."

[@rupamroy2423]

Prove that a square - b square =a+b.(a>b)

[@ym0101]

Limit tends to Infinity!

[@ChrisDragotta]

His error detecting code does not work for all two digit numbers.

[@danims7657]

Okay?

[@Coholbell15]

I count 55 okay in 18min and 8 sec.

[@magicpotion8]

Okay. Is that okay?

[@subjectiveobjectiveness5827]

Okay

[@newbie20111]

Gr8 talk there!

[@ArtemRomanov]

How should I solve unknown problem without understanding the given solution?

[@valentsiasumaki330]

Artyom Romanov if a solution exist, then it is no longer a problem whether you understand it or not. And also, when a problem is present then the real question is whether you understand is problem and what is asked rather than to blindly search a solution....

[@raiyanreza9764]

@12:24

[@mungaimmbogori1385]

my 2 digit number was 22...

[@purplecow3000]

"Imagine a 2 digit number..." Okay... 29 "like 29." How did he know???

[@omodiagbedominicedeoghon4607]

There are only 90 such numbers. Someone's choice was bound to coincide with his.

[@ivanbuljanvanboelken4676]

What is your boring point anyway?

[@MyBigThing2010]

Talk about skewed math...14 years to the end of high school compared to 6000 hours in college IS NOT apples to apples.

[@ArtemRomanov]

My OK counter is broken now

[@TLgamer_TL]

Math cannot be done at all. The basic rules literally will not allow what people push into problems to be done. People who cannot do math are the ones that are actually applying the rules math says to use and applying them where math says they MUST apply. People who do math aren't following anything except things they make up and apply where they want, when they feel like it. The reality is math has very specific rules that can only be applied one place in one way, people doing math take it upon themselves to just ignore the rules and do whatever they please.

[@dh6320]

Hmm, I'm gonna run with this one and be so proud of myself because math has always been a struggle for me lol

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!

[@ivanbuljanvanboelken4676]

So if we don't know math, we are irresponsible?

[@nektarsolne4niy804]

Ivan Buljan Van Boelken yup, you didn’t try hard enough. With internet these days you can learn school math without school. There are plenty of great online tutors on KZbin and other platforms. Just stop being afraid of math and try it. There are more daily IRL applications of math that I can count with my fingers. I will agree that having a great teacher, like the speaker here, will boost your math interest and math skill, but you are the one who has to put effort into practicing and studying.

[@DoctrinaMathVideos]

P implies Q does not always imply Q implies P.

[@Jewel-fb1kr]

he looks like ....... SIR ANDREA BOCELLI?????????

[@blackflash9935]

,,Learn you re limits” ;)

[@gmcenroe]

I didn't like his talk so much, but his textbook is fantastic!

[@chababinz]

He made a mistake. at the bottom right there's 80 with a triangle witch is false. ( look at 09:13 )

[@bobjaekle7286]

There are several triangles that are not divisible by 9. Having these breaks up the pattern which would be easy to recognize.

[@colinjava8447]

Bob is right, it doesn't matter about the numbers that aren't a multiple of 9, cause they will never occur. Using a few more triangles in random places helps to obscure the pattern of triangles which are on each multiple of 9. Remember: 9 divides x => "triangle". Not "triangle" => 9 divides x

[@benthemusicalchemist]

If, then....not if and only if.

[@vishakhkurup85]

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[@TheEnzoferrari12345]

I picked 14 as my 2 digit number, this thing didn't work: 14-1 =13 ; 13-3 =10 which is not symbolised with triangle

[@mika_chu]

14-1=13; 13-4=9

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Hmm? 33: 33-3 = 30 - 0 = 30 , square with a line under it. Also I can't believe people do systems in University. Was that a joke? Those are done in primary school in Romania after 5th year (that means, you're around 10-11 years old) if I recall correctly.

[@chababinz]

you did wrong it's 33-3=30 then 30-3=27

[@romanemul1]

iphone on, browsing facebook... he didnt paid attantion.

[@soho6435]

Alexandru Gheorghe well that doesn't mean your education system is better, in fact teaching KIDS this stuff is terrible. It doesn't make them smarter, it only gives them anxiety and more stupid stuff to memorize in an early age. So the fact that you think THAT is a good education shows that you need more education. Go back to school please.

[@moglibora]

Alexandru Gheorghe It was presented as an example not in a literal sense.. I think these are taught at high school level in most countries

[@diegorodriguez-lk8of]

My math tells me that I’ll be dead in less that 70 years. So why worry. Honestly. Nice to know . But useless information

[@krunoslavregvar477]

Wrong about growth of population, anything else - probably good!

[@candyluna2929]

take into consideration the ppl that die, wars and natural disasters.

[@willday9316]

La Dama del Caribe sorry, hit by accident.

[@Sejdr]

This was a horrible talk!

[@kune2327]

Sejdr i assume u hate maths.

[@DoctrinaMathVideos]

@Marianne I am sure @Sejdr was one of those students who could not survive a math class without having practice exams.

[@IamSunil017]

Ya ...maths inside of you...you rock- for telling i'm the happiest-what a mathematical term to find hapiness-"happier"