If the lady above looks sort of familiar, she’s the actress who played Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years.
I was aware she is some sort of maths whiz, but I didn’t know she had a book out.
The question is, who is going to buy her book? *scratch chin* Definitely not Singaporean students. “Fractions, decimals and percents”? Our primary school students eat those (unfortunately) for recess. Perhaps I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.
While I have no idea what’s in the book, maybe something like this would have gotten me interested in mathematics. Sine, cosine, tangent, what? Differentiation? Integration? Proving this equals that?
Could never see how it was applicable in my life, and I still wonder how knowing (or at least, trying to know) all that helped me. The exception was statistics, which was mildly intriguing and probably the only reason I didn’t fail both O and A Level Mathematics.
Thanks, Kevin - incidentally, the male lead character’s name in The Wonder Years - for this (reminder of Danica McKellar, not Mathematics) little blast from the past. =)
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I’m intrigued… was the Wonder Years shown in Singapore? I recall something about it. But year, it’s generational, so students today won’t know about her celebrity qualities. In the States though, she’s been ongoing on television… tons of shows. See Wikipedia for a listing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_McKellar
Ah, a real blast from the past :p Yes, it was shown in S’pore, Kevin. Was one my fav series during that time, a marvellous show for all the reasons mentioned in the Wikipedia article, & much more - incl. for me, the fact that the characters & I were abt the same age, & yes, that Danica was/is a babe
She’s one of those well-known child actresses with academic smarts as well isn’t she, like Natalie Portman & Claire Danes, though she hasn’t yet mananged to translate that potential to major adult work like those 2 have.
Reading though the articles now, I realise with a little shock that there were a fair few now-popular actors who started out in guest roles in the series, such as David Schwimmer, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Robert Picardo. And I find I can still recall bits of the final ep, eg. Kevin & his father fighting, he & Winnie ‘getting together’ & the shock when you realise that the 2 of them never actually became a couple when they grew up. And that final V/O by the adult Kevin abt childhood: poignant & oh so true (and reminiscent of the ending of the movie ‘Stand By Me’, which I suspect influenced Wonder Years a lot)
Thanks for the pleasant reminder Kenneth :p
I recall reading that the theme song “With a Little Help From My Friends” (well, at least the Beatles version) was banned in Singapore for a supposed drug reference.
The Wonder Years definitely influenced the local drama, Growing Up. That used to show on Sunday nights when I was in the army. One of the better Singapore productions.
speaking of growing up, i bumped into steven lim in london some time ago… he works part time at Monmouth Coffee at the Borough Markets!
Never mind about Steven Lim. Hope you’re doing well. When are you dropping by the Little Red Dot?
that doesn’t mean that i don’t read your blog (RSS) though!!
life is great, really enjoying london, although it must be said that it really helps earning the pound!
will be leaving aug to travel eastern europe / north africa, will be in singapore 2nd week of oct or so… that’s the plan for now