I am a 32yr old mother of a very busy, very funny 5yr old boy. I studied the physics of Engineering and Sports Science at Auckland University with papers in Chemistry, Maths, and Art History. My best subject in high-school was English, especially Shakespeare, poetry, and formal writing. However, I learnt to enjoy maths when the teachers let me skip 4th Form (year 10) after my Mother made me have daily maths lessons for an entire summer. Amazingly, the horror of doing maths all summer turned out to be a very unexpected blessing in disguise!