I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that its too late by college. – Danica McKellar
Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college. – Danica McKellar
Its such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it. – Danica McKellar
In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, Me? Youve got to be joking! I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math. – Danica McKellar
I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because youre a Democrat. Sometimes thats good, obviously, and sometimes thats obviously bad. But in the news business, theres no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news. – J. C. Watts