Welcome Blog!

 Hi everyone! 


My name is Susn, pronounced soo-sin, and welcome to my very first blog :) 


I am currently in my fourth year of the Concurrent Education program here at Brock under the Senior/Intermediate stream, with my first teachable being Biological Sciences and my second being Visual Arts. 


Through these blogs, I hope to display some of my critical thoughts in relation to the ideas and topics discussed in class. 


Within this class, my goal is to gain knowledge of the interdisciplinary field of ethnomathematics exploring the relationship between mathematics and various cultures around the world. Mathematics is not a universal, abstract concept as it is influenced by so many cultural, historical, and social factors, that I am so excited to elaborate on.


I am a very friendly person, so if anyone would ever like to review the topics discussed in class further, please do so!!


That's all for my first blog post! Be sure to check in through the weeks that follow for more blog posts!

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