Geometry
The Call: Leading Lines — Jessica
Thus, to see what shapes make up the everyday objects in our world, we must reach back into our child psyche. A dining room table becomes just a rectangle, a beach ball or an umbrella are now spheres and circles, power lines on the road are just converging lines, a window frame is a group of squares, and the front doors of our neighbors’ houses are rectangles. Look at your surrounding right now. Wherever you are, start seeing objects around you as geometric shapes.
— Picture Perfect Practice by Roberto Valenzuela
Response: Stop Math Phobia — Cheryl
The oldest records of the study of geometry are Babylonian clay tablets and Egyptian bark manuscripts that are nearly 5000 years old. Both the Babylonians and the Egyptians studied geometry because it helped them to survey land, measure distances, and construct buildings and monuments.
— Key to Geometry, Student Book 1