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From P.M.&R. my college entrance exam time came, I got a perfect

score on the Math half of the test. I earned a Masters
of Education (I like watching the light bulb turn on in
Math in Pictures students myself) and then residency, and like my father
and grandfather, married a pretty smart lady along the
way.”

Dr. Miranda Bishara, an ophthalmologist, tells it this
way:
“Shortly after meeting my father, you will quickly learn
of his passion for Math, more specifically, teaching • His 1st graders are able to write the whole
Math. You may learn of the time he went to my school to multiplication tables from memory.
ensure that I was placed in the advanced Math section, • They can add long columns of fractions mentally
although in his opinion I should have been taking Math in one second.
classes with the high school students, despite the fact • The visual images enable preschoolers to add
that I was in 2nd grade. Early on in your interactions and subtract large numbers.
with a person, typically you learn of their occupation. • Children find they do not hate Math, but instead
But, it may actually take you quite some time to figure find that addition, subtraction, multiplication,
out that before he retired, he was a physician. I can division and even the manipulation of fractions
count on my digits the number of times dad talked about comes easily.
patient care. Fingers and toes might have been part of • Even children with dyscalculia are able to grasp
his career as an orthopedic surgeon, but he would much mathematical concepts.
rather teach a child how to use them to add and subtract
than to operate on them. He has all sorts of short cuts Dr. Bishara passionately believes his technique has the
or tricks that he would love to share with anyone who potential to revolutionize the way Math is taught. If his
is willing to learn. So while I may not have been very curriculum is published, he may be right.
thrilled to have Math lessons with my dad, the lessons
actually proved quite helpful.

“Due to his teaching, I was easily able to get enough
college Math credits in high school that I never had to
take another Math class. He made it simple and not a herrin
‘scary’ subject early on. His tactics and teaching helped
me to excel in my Math classes, and I owe him so much.
He has a gift of understanding Math AND the patience h real estate
to teach it."
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Nabil Bishara who likes to use the pseudonym Cœptus,
has apparently been developing Math curriculum 806.773.6512
for youngsters for most of his life. After he retired as
a physician, he perfected his technique with the little ronherrin1@gmail.com
ones in his church.
He has even self-
published a manual h
which explains his Serving West Texas
unique and effective
techniques. He was
concerned when he Real Estate needs
heard that the US
ranked 28th among since 1985
40 nations in Math.
He is on a mission
to change those Buy-Sell-Investment-Financing
statistics.
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