Jim Libby

I taught high school mathematics for over twenty years in Oregon. I then went into administration, the last four years of which I spent as an administrator in a k-12 school.

We moved to Kentucky which allowed us to be closer to our son who was attending college in Tennessee, and allowed me to serve as a math teacher/administrator in a private school in the Appalachians.

While I was teaching, I always thought there should be a resource for teachers to find appropriate high school math applications for students; one that would answer the question all math students seem to have: "Where are we ever going to use this?"

I've spent the last couple of years writing that book - Math for Real Life: Teaching Practical Uses for Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry. I am currently principal at Triad School in Klamath Falls, Oregon.