Math Olympian

Math is always the hardest subject for a lot of persons.

But during my study of the different fields of Mathematics during my college years, I would say that Mathematics is the Queen of All Sciences.

You have Math in your everyday life. Be it in school, work and day to day living. Everyday, you have numbers.

I was one of the competitors of different math competitions during my active years in high school. This began during my second year high school.

I was included in the Saturday trainings of Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines or MTAP. We used to train at Stella Marris College in Cubao Quezon City from 9am to 12 noon.

We tackle math topics in advance. We have different modules. And in these modules, there are different questions. Classified as easy to challenging questions.

I used to compete in MTAP from 2nd year to 4th year high school. We were classified into division of schools according to locations. We were included in the PAMARISAN division. These are schools located at Pasig, Marikina, and San Juan. At the end of the traning, we have a 1 hour math questions of 50 items. It was during my 4th year high school when I achieved the highest rank which was top 4 in our school. Unfortunately, the top 3 ranks only have the chance to represent our school to compete in the regional finals.

Aside from MTAP, I was also chosen to compete in the Philippine Math Olympiad or PMO during my third year. Unfortunately, PMO is harder than MTAP and so no one from us entered into the regional finals.

Last competition that I joined was the SIPNAYAN during my 4th year high school. This was a math contest sponsored my the Ateneo Mathematical Society, an organization for math enthusiasts in Ateneo de Manila University.

There are a lot of schools that we consistently see during the competitions. These are Grace Christian High School, Chiang Kai Shek, UNO High School, Philippine Science High School, among others.

I miss those days. I miss the excitement and the thrill especially as we near the competition.