Hi Marc, thanks so much for the comment, it made my day. When I started the site, I wanted to help other frustrated students — I still remember the feeling of being in my dorm room and just wanting things to click. I knew a lot of people were on the cusp of understanding, and the right analogy or example could help things click, and an entire door would open. Helping other students was something I had imagined in my mind, but hearing personal stories like this is incredibly gratifying. I deeply appreciate the note, and best of luck with your program. The world (myself included) needs a better understanding of stats!

Put another way, the Code is all that’s presented in 99% of math clases. What about Clarity? Connection to other ideas? Courage and Confidence. Cognitive elements matter, but the affective elements matter, too. I need to Compute — sure— but I also need to Comprehend, Connect, and have Confidence and Courage.

(I’m an atheist but) God bless you for your work here at BE. If nothing else, you’ve made it possible to put one more statistician in this world by making math accessible and comprehensible and beautiful and fun.

Thank you, Kalhid.

Thanks John, glad you’re enjoying them!

I came from engineering to teaching and yes, it can be frustrating, and very rewarding — but one thing I learned early was not to overreact to how “wrong” the answers are. Students are capable of answering “caterpillar” to a math question because they feel they have to produce some answer, any answer and it usually doesn’t mean they are mixing up polynomials with butterflies. Also, the “right” answer doesn’t mean understanding, for example, two sign errors may cancel each other out. :-) PS: ♥ Kalid’s lessons!