Colin the Mathmo<p>I've been thinking about this for ages, but never had the time to craft the words around it.</p><p>People keep saying that "Maths should be fun" ... and I push back with "It should be engaging ... 'fun' is a different thing.</p><p>So <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@rakhichawla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rakhichawla</span></a></span> has posted pretty much exactly this, but better than I ever could.</p><p>I'm copying it here with permission.</p><p>Please read this, then as it says at the end ... let's have a deeper conversation about this ...</p><p>1/n</p><p>(PS: I'd love this to get boosted to get outside my bubble ... you're all amazing, but there will be other opinions, and other thoughts that could be helpful or valuable)</p><p>Hashtags: <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathEd</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathsEd</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathEdChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathEdChat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsEdChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathsEdChat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathChat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MathsChat</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MTBoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MTBoS</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TMWYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TMWYK</span></a></p>