This year I went to ARML again by tagging along with the Eastern Massachusetts team. Though it's a bit different being on the other side of things, the weekend was still like a trip into the past, full of reminders of exactly what I loved and exactly what I hated about going to ARML. My strongest impression of the weekend was that—unlike when I visited the high school on the last day before December break—I still felt welcome.
( Storytime... )Anyway, congratulations to everybody—competitors, coaches, proctors, graders, and everyone else who helped to make ARML happen! I hope I'll be back next year to help again. I regret that I wasn't able to have most of my meals with a Mathcamper crowd (alas, there appeared to be no Mathcamp table at breakfast on Saturday), but it was quite wonderful to see so many of you again.