Finn+B.A.

=Finn B.A.'s Math Page= =A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDENT= Hello reader. My name is Finn Brennan-Arffmann and I was born in New York City. I started St. Thomas Choir School, the only boys boarding school in America, in my fourth grade before I moved to Chicago, Illinois. I am in my eighth grade, and as some of you might know, St. Thomas Choir School only goes until eighth grade, so this will be my last year. After a long and arduous exploration and application to my high schools, I finally decided that I am going to Walter Payton College Prep, a magnet high school in downtown Chicago.

=MATH CLASS AT ST. THOMAS= Mathematics at St. Thomas Choir School is beneficial in that you are able to go at your own pace. So if you wish to go into depth on the subject, you are able to do things that most people in your age group don't do. By the end of an average student's time at St. Thomas, that student would have studied logic, probability, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, and Book One of Euclid's Elements.

=WHAT'S NEW IN MATH CLASS= In math class, we are currently different things. We just finished Book One of Euclid's Elements and Mr. O'keefe as well as our class thought it would be interesting if we all picked a math-related topic and studied it. At first, I was stuck in my decision between Algebra II and hedge funds but I chose hedge funds because I thought since it would be a totally new topic, I might like it more. If you would like to see a description of the topic, just go further down the page.

=TOPIC DESCRIPTION= When I first started the topic, I started to get into the really complicated stuff about hedge funds, like the formulas which people go to college in order to learn. I quickly realized my mistake and came up with a new plan which involved making questions like "Why do hedge funds exist?" and answering them. At the end, I will take all those questions and answers and make it into a complex presentation which I will then show my classmates.