Get your calculators and have your pens and papers ready because on this episode, our featured Young Blood writer will talk about the importance of mathematics in life and in the current pandemic. One thing this pandemic has taught the writer, a math major tired of looking at math without numbers, is that math is necessary. Of course, it is also boring, it is exhausting, it is tedious, it is difficult — but one can’t deny how important it is. And today, he talks just about that on this episode. | Jim Ralphealo Mijares, 21, is a junior at the Ateneo de Manila University, taking up both mathematics and education. He is currently in Dumaguete.

About our partner, the University of the Philippines' Consulting Group (UPCG): Now in its second year, The Business Building Bootcamp (BBC) of the UP Consulting Group aims to educate small business owners on ways to take their business to the next level. This year's BBB will be held on March 5 and 6, 2022 (Saturday and Sunday) and will cover the following topics: business planning, digital marketing, and brand positioning, finance and accounting, legal matters, and corporate social responsibility. Each segment will consist of a 30-minute talk by prestigious industry experts, followed by an open forum, and a workshop.