Search

The article presents a reprint of the article "It's a Tough Life, to Live It and to Write It, but It Just Got a Little Better" which appeared in the May 31, 2006 issue of the "New York Times." It addresses the relationship of Rene Miles, a creative writing teacher at the Charleston County School of the Arts, with her student Jessica Atkinson. Moreover, it discusses the poverty experienced by Atkinson as well as her talent in writing. It also mentions the prize won by Atkinson from the Scholastic writing competition.

Presents mathematical problems and their solutions based from a sweepstakes advertised by Pepsi-Cola Co. on the Internet. Accuracy of an estimate that a person would need 2,700 years to spend $1 billion if he or she spent $1,000 a day; Average amount that a person with $1 billion can spend each day given a normal life expectancy; Probability of being selected as the winner if one billion people joined the game.