Author Archives: alyssafoss

Dr. Foss: Welcome to Math Rehab, what are you in for?  Parent: My daughter won’t participate in math class…  It is fall, 1995, and parent conference night at Mountain Valley Middle School is NOT going well for one young lady. It has come to her mother’s attention that not only is she FAILING 8th gradeContinue reading “Session 1: Put your damn hand down”

Don’t even get me started on gender stereotypes when it comes to math… actually, yes, DO get me started because we need to talk about this. There is a lot to be said about the FALSE narrative that “boys are better at math than girls” and a lot of work to be done to changeContinue reading “Mom Does Math”

So yeah… almost 2 full years ago I started this blog. If it were not for my highly vigilant money conscious husband alerting me to the WordPress renewal fee I would have forgotten about it all together. I guess a lot has happened since October 2019 and I should forgive myself for not having theContinue reading “Zero”

“I wish I was a little bit taller” – Skee-Lo If you knew me as a child… yes, I still look the same. If you knew me in Middle School… yes, I spent every lunch in the “dungeon”. If you knew me in High School… yes, I really did make math my career.If you knewContinue reading “One”

“I wish I was a baller” – also Skee-lo If I didn’t do what I do I would write. So, why not do both? Why Math Rehab? Because we can do better. Because I want need to start this conversation. Because I have too many other things to talk about in therapy. You may beContinue reading “Two”