I received my B.S. in the Unified Honors Program sponsored by the Ford Foundation and my M.S. in math from N.Y.U. Polytechnic University. After the first class I taught, as a substitute for a full professor, one student said to another upon leaving the classroom, “At least we have someone who can teach the stuff.” I was hooked forever on teaching. Since then, I have taught at C.U.N.Y., Westfield State College, Rutgers, and Poly. No matter how I feel, I always feel a lot better when I teach. I always feel great when students tell me they used to hate math or couldn’t do math and now they like it more and can do it better.
My main blessing is my family. I have a fantastic wife in Marlene. My kids are wonderful: daughter Sheryl, son Eric, son-in-law Glenn, and daughter-in-law Wanda. My grandchildren are terrific: Kira, Evan, Sean, Sarah, Ethan, and Noah. My hobbies are golf, bowling, bridge, crossword puzzles, and Sudoku. My ultimate goals are to write a book to help parents teach their kids math, a high school text that will advance our kids’ math abilities, and a calculus text students can actually understand.
To me, teaching is always a great joy. I hope that I can give some of that joy to you. I do know this book will help you get the score you need to get into the graduate school of your choice.
I really like GRE questions. I like all kinds of puzzles, both mathematical and word. To me the GRE is a game. If you win, you win the graduate school of your choice. Good luck!!!!!