my hand shaking my heart racing all just
to answer a math problem
but not just any problem a Mathcounts
problem math counts is a nationwide
competition where students compete for
hyatt scholarship prizes and attracting
some of the best mathletes in the nation
such a complex problem in such little
time I race and I compete to not only
improve myself but to also improve my
skills this competition drives me and my
classmates to not only do better than
others but to also improve ourselves
most people believe that competition is
just an opportunity to beat someone but
have you ever thought of it as a
potential way to advance our skills and
our technology I am passionate about how
a competition makes someone or something
more important competition is everywhere
but some people just don’t notice for
example your phone
many companies compete just to get their
product into your hand in this ranges
from everything the SIM cards the cases
the apps the websites so in such a
little device is such broad competition
this summer I went to Portugal and every
coffee shop had a Wi-Fi sticker on it
the Wi-Fi there was at least 20 times
better than the Wi-Fi here the reason
for this is in one square mile is 7 cell
towers so because of all of the
competition the companies are forced to
improve their megabytes per second to
attract more customers compared to the
Wi-Fi here or at least at my house
there’s only in one cell tower in one
square mile so because of the lack of
competition the company is not going to
be forced or motivated to improve
themselves
now turning more to an academic
perspective rubik’s cubes you probably
have one sitting at your house either
collecting dust still put together or
broken they’re not that popular but ever
since the november competition was
announced that’s being hosted here right
now an unusually large amount of people
at my school are wanting to learn how to
all of it and that is quite unusual
because not a lot of people are willing
to put in hours of work just to solve a
puzzle unless there’s a competition now
like I said in the beginning math counts
is one of my favorite hobbies math
counts is a nationwide competition where
schools compete for a number one prize
students were dedicated hours of
practice to not only improve themselves
but to also improve their character I am
passionate about this because math
counts take such a lame subject that not
a lot of people love and they put it
into a much more fun and competitive
event the competition makes students
push themselves which is why I believe
it is important now if you don’t like to
lose or you think that losing is a bad
thing
try looking at losing as a motivator or
as a chance to pick up become better if
you’re in a competition with the
business and you lose your job try
looking at that as a chance to find
something better or as a way to advance
yourself I am passionate about this
because competition has not only in a
big impact on my life but on everybody’s
lives all you have to do is look at in
advancement and wonder why did it change
or why did it become better almost every
time it is because of competition
driving us you see that competition is
creating different academic talents and
business conflicts it is making us
evolve our skills and our technology but
some people just don’t view it that way
so it is important because without it we
would not be encouraged to make
ourselves and the people around us
better we would not be motivated to
achieve higher because there would be no
reason to if there was no competition
the world would stay the same so next
time you compete in a competition think
of winning first place as a side effect
and know that you only win
whenever you improve yourself thank you [Applause]
to answer a math problem
but not just any problem a Mathcounts
problem math counts is a nationwide
competition where students compete for
hyatt scholarship prizes and attracting
some of the best mathletes in the nation
such a complex problem in such little
time I race and I compete to not only
improve myself but to also improve my
skills this competition drives me and my
classmates to not only do better than
others but to also improve ourselves
most people believe that competition is
just an opportunity to beat someone but
have you ever thought of it as a
potential way to advance our skills and
our technology I am passionate about how
a competition makes someone or something
more important competition is everywhere
but some people just don’t notice for
example your phone
many companies compete just to get their
product into your hand in this ranges
from everything the SIM cards the cases
the apps the websites so in such a
little device is such broad competition
this summer I went to Portugal and every
coffee shop had a Wi-Fi sticker on it
the Wi-Fi there was at least 20 times
better than the Wi-Fi here the reason
for this is in one square mile is 7 cell
towers so because of all of the
competition the companies are forced to
improve their megabytes per second to
attract more customers compared to the
Wi-Fi here or at least at my house
there’s only in one cell tower in one
square mile so because of the lack of
competition the company is not going to
be forced or motivated to improve
themselves
now turning more to an academic
perspective rubik’s cubes you probably
have one sitting at your house either
collecting dust still put together or
broken they’re not that popular but ever
since the november competition was
announced that’s being hosted here right
now an unusually large amount of people
at my school are wanting to learn how to
all of it and that is quite unusual
because not a lot of people are willing
to put in hours of work just to solve a
puzzle unless there’s a competition now
like I said in the beginning math counts
is one of my favorite hobbies math
counts is a nationwide competition where
schools compete for a number one prize
students were dedicated hours of
practice to not only improve themselves
but to also improve their character I am
passionate about this because math
counts take such a lame subject that not
a lot of people love and they put it
into a much more fun and competitive
event the competition makes students
push themselves which is why I believe
it is important now if you don’t like to
lose or you think that losing is a bad
thing
try looking at losing as a motivator or
as a chance to pick up become better if
you’re in a competition with the
business and you lose your job try
looking at that as a chance to find
something better or as a way to advance
yourself I am passionate about this
because competition has not only in a
big impact on my life but on everybody’s
lives all you have to do is look at in
advancement and wonder why did it change
or why did it become better almost every
time it is because of competition
driving us you see that competition is
creating different academic talents and
business conflicts it is making us
evolve our skills and our technology but
some people just don’t view it that way
so it is important because without it we
would not be encouraged to make
ourselves and the people around us
better we would not be motivated to
achieve higher because there would be no
reason to if there was no competition
the world would stay the same so next
time you compete in a competition think
of winning first place as a side effect
and know that you only win
whenever you improve yourself thank you [Applause]
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