50 What if questions.

We chose a book that we did not like, and slept with the book under our pillow to later come up with fifty what if questions of what we could do to the book to make it positive. I chose my old algebra II/trigonometry book because I had struggled in that class for about five years until I decided to switch majors. Algebra II/Trigonometry was a prerequisite for a major I was interested in pursuing after high school, and even though I received help with the problems in the book, none of it was getting through to me. Since I could not understand it, I began to hate it (sadly, a natural human response), and this was the start to me not liking math. I used to love math previous to high school geometry and algebra II/trigonometry. I did not sleep with the book under my pillow because it was quite uncomfortable. I did sleep with the book at the end of my bed. I think the reason for us sleeping with the book nearby is to get a feel for the book. It made us think more about the book and why we feel intimidated by it, and it was easier for us to dream about the book. For me, the main thing on my mind when thinking of the book was the what ifs. I focused on what I could do to the book to help me like the book more. So here are the fifty what ifs that I have come up with over the week.

1. What if I burn the book?
2. What if I turn it into a flower?
3. What if I rip out the pages and shredded them?
4. What if I burn the book and saved its ashes the garden?
5. What if I shred the book and use it for fertilizer?
6. What if I color the front and back back of the book with markers?
7. What if I outline the picture on the cover of the book?
8. What if I outline each diagram in the book?
9. What if I select a few story problems from each chapter of the book, and turned them into one story?
10. What if I paint the entire book front to back?
11. What if I paint the cover of the book in purple?
12. What if I paint the cover blue?
13. What if I paint the cover blue and purple?
14. What if I paint the cover blue and purple with some other color I like?
15. What if I draw on the cover?
16. What if I draw something I like on the first page of each chapter?
17. What if I select a diagram ever three chapters and turn it into a drawing?
18. What if I paint all the five hundred fifty-three pages not counting the answer pages in the book?
19. What if I paint every page from front to back in the book?
20. What if I only paint the answer pages?
21. What if I paint the index pages?
22. What if I paint the table pages?
23. What if I take each table and turn it into some kind of drawing?
24. What if I leave the book alone and do nothing to it?
25. What if I stare at the book for thirty minutes for five days?
26. What if I throw the book into a wall?
27. What if I turn the book into a scrapbook?
28. What if I use the pages of the book to dry wet surfaces after cleaning?
29. What if I leave the book out in the back yard with all the snow?
30. What if I leave the book in the back yard when the snow melts?
31. What if I leave the book in the back yard and the dogs find it?
32. What if I set the book and leave it with one of the dogs?
33. What if I scribble all over the book and make a drawing from the scribbles?
34. What if I leave the book in the attic and forget about it?
35. What if I sell the book for the same price I paid for it?
36. What if I sell or give away the book?
37. What if I shred the pages and use them as kitty litter?
38. What if I used the pages to create a paper mache?
39. What if I write the answers from the back of the book under the problems they answer?
40. What if I answer each problem with a drawing of an animal?
41. What if I answer each problem with a drawing of a landscape?
42. What if I try to balance the book on my head?
43. What if I try to balance the book on my head while thinking about a difficult math problem?
44. What if I try to balance the book on my head to create a story about algebra II/trigonometry?
45. What if I create a story about how algebra II/trigonometry made me feel about math?
46. What if I throw the book in the trash?
47. What if I try to solve all of the problems in the book to the best of my ability?
48. What if I write next to the problem what I do not understand in solving it?
49. What if I write the book questions?
50. What if I write the authors questions of what I do not understand in the book?