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Part I Mathematics Just Suddenly Feels Hard! |
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1 In the Deep End in Algebra, Deanna Haunsperger |
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2 The Road Less Traveled?, Lloyd Douglas |
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6 | (3) |
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3 Help Will Always Be Given at Hogwarts to Those Who Ask for It, Allison Henrich |
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9 | (3) |
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4 I Don't Know What I'm Saying--Using Language as a Model for Embracing Mathematical Struggle, Steven Klee |
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12 | (3) |
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5 A Complex Conundrum, Matthew Pons |
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15 | (3) |
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6 An Accidental Mathematician, Jennifer Quinn |
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18 | (3) |
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7 Nowhere to Go But Up, Lola Thompson |
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21 | (3) |
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8 Hitting the Wall, Laura Taalman |
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24 | (2) |
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9 To Algebra or Not to Algebra, Jacqueline Jensen- Vallin |
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26 | (3) |
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10 The Unnecessary Struggle of Self-Mandated Isolation, Alicia Prieto-Langarica |
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29 | (3) |
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11 The Struggle of Qualifying Exams, Alexandra Alvarado |
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32 | (3) |
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Part II Who Are These People? Do I Even Belong? |
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12 I Am a Black Mathematician, John Urschel |
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37 | (3) |
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13 Cold, Austere, or Queer, Autumn Kent |
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40 | (3) |
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14 A View of Mathematics from Behind the Veil, Robin Wilson |
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43 | (4) |
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15 When You Are Told You Can't: Do Just the Opposite, Angie Hodge |
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47 | (4) |
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16 Look for the Helpers, Jennifer Bowen |
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51 | (3) |
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17 Good, But Not on the Team, Tim Chartier |
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54 | (4) |
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18 Othering and Such Climatic Joy Killers, Arlie Petters |
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58 | (4) |
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19 Black, Female, Bigger, Candice Price |
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62 | (3) |
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20 Moving Beyond Affirmative Action for Men, Alice Silverberg |
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65 | (3) |
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21 Struggling with the Messaging of Mathematics, Rachel Weir |
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68 | (3) |
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22 The Harassment Is Real, Pamela Harris |
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71 | (2) |
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23 Sustaining Through Mathematics, Donald Cole |
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73 | (4) |
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Part III Can I Really Do This? How Do I Muster Through? |
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77 | (30) |
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24 Good Things Come to Those Who Shower, Robert Allen |
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79 | (2) |
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25 Winning by Impression, Robin Blankenship |
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81 | (3) |
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26 A Walk in the Park Isn't Always a Walk in the Park, David Neel |
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84 | (4) |
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27 Just Don't Bomb the GRE, Amanda Ruiz |
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88 | (2) |
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28 Sometimes When Your Hopes Have All Been Shattered, Nick Scoville |
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90 | (3) |
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29 The Compassion Is Life-Changing, Hortensia Soto |
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93 | (3) |
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30 A Close Call: How a Near Failure Propelled Me to Succeed, Terence Tao |
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96 | (4) |
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31 Oh My Darlin' Clementine, David Taylor |
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100 | (4) |
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32 A Dream Almost Deferred, Emille Davie Lawrence |
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104 | (3) |
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Part IV What Do I Do Now? What Happens Next? |
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33 Mathematics, Beauty, and Creativity: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mathematics, Victor Piercey |
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109 | (3) |
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34 Five Dollars, Colin Adams |
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112 | (2) |
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35 Am I "Good Enough"?, Christine von Renesse |
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114 | (3) |
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36 My Journey from Slippery Rock to Duluth, Joe Gallian |
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117 | (3) |
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37 Failure By the Numbers, Dominic Klyve |
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120 | (3) |
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38 How I Learned to Research Like the Incredible Hulk (or I'm Always Angry), Robert Vallin |
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123 | (3) |
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39 Anxiety Attacked Me, But I Survived, Ken Millett |
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126 | (5) |
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40 It's Like a Jungle Sometimes, It Makes Me Wonder How I Keep From Going Under, Christina Eubanks-Turner |
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131 | (3) |
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41 Should I Quit Mathematics?, Francis Su |
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