The maths guru’s popular YouTube channel has led to books, a TV show and appearances on everything from Play School to Australian Story.
to. He has a string of accolades, everything from local hero awards to honorary fellowships, but what he values most is teaching.
For adults who, ahem, struggle, it’s about finding maths in something you love. For Odette, it was music , while for many of his students it’s the maths in sports or baking . For writers, it’s the mathematics of networks and the relationships that make a story work. “Maths is hiding in everything that we love,” he says. “You just have to find it. And that’s my job [as a teacher]. That’s not yours.”, and they feature a young hero called, funnily enough, Eddie Woo.
“And here, I also didn’t really belong either because just my face. And people were like, ‘You’re not from around here, are you? Where are you from?’ And I’m like, ‘Camperdown.’ And it’s, ‘No, where are you really from?’ I’m like, ‘North Rocks.’”His older brother and sister copped the bullying much worse but their parents told them to “stick it out”.
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