Ravi B Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Richard Rusczyk, the founder of the Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), will be speaking in the Boston area on Saturday, September 27, 2014. Specifically, Richard's talk will be held in MIT's student center from about 9:30 am to 11 am (including a Question and Answer session). The title of his talk is "School Isn't Enough: Education Outside the Classroom". The talk is free and everyone is welcome to attend. Richard's talk is part of the Math Prize for Girls (MPfG) event (which I help run), but you don't need to be part of MPfG to attend the talk. You can find a little more info here: http://mathprize.atfoundation.org/schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Will there be a video recording? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 You think a teen would enjoy this? I'm tempted to let dd skip German Sat School... Do you know where in the Student Center? I'm most familiar with where the food is... ETA: Nevermind, I see that into's in the link you provided. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravi B Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Will there be a video recording? :) Yes, we've asked MIT to videotape Richard's talk. Assuming the recording goes well, we'll eventually post it on the Math Prize website -- maybe in 2 months? I can update this thread when it's out. You think a teen would enjoy this? I'm tempted to let dd skip German Sat School... Depending on the teen, why not? :) Your daughter might want to peek at the video of Richard's last talk with us 5 years ago to decide: http://mathprize.atfoundation.org/archive/2009/index (Apologies for the quality of the audio. Our videographer back then didn't know what he was doing. By the way, my wife is giving the intro at the beginning -- though our video guy misspelled her last name. :)) If your daughter finds Richard's previous talk interesting, she might enjoy his upcoming talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackermom Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 You think a teen would enjoy this? I'm tempted to let dd skip German Sat School... My dd10 started jumping up and down with joy when I told her about the event. :willy_nilly: We will be skipping her music lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) . Edited September 15, 2016 by wapiti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 My dd13 asked if she could come, though I think she had in mind the Dunkin Donuts downstairs. My dd10 started jumping up and down with joy when I told her about the event. :willy_nilly: We will be skipping her music lesson. You guys are local? Maybe we should have a little girly math nerd meetup on the side... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 You guys are local? Maybe we should have a little girly math nerd meetup on the side... ;) I wish! We have an annual vacation that involves a swing through Boston :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravi B Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Update: A video of Richard Rusczyk's talk in September 2014 is now ready. Here's a link: http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/mathprizeforgirls/videos/30866-math-prize-for-girls-presentation-by-richard-rusczyk As I recall, the talk goes for about an hour, and then there's a 50-minute Q&A session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thanks. This was really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackermom Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Thanks for posting. I was there, but I didn't take notes and was wishing I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm only about halfway through but this is well worth watching even for those who saw his older talk. I'm watching the college and grad school section now - an interesting perspective and helpful advice! eta, more on these topics in the Q&A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I liked the bit about the fact that you need an institutional affiliation for the various national science competitions. I think people tend to gloss over that, I guess it's the middle school/ high version of the garage myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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