Ndine David McAdams. Pambuyo pa zaka 30 zakupanga mapulogalamu, ndinali kufunafuna china chatsopano choti ndichite. Ndinatembenukira ku mmene masamu amaphunzitsidwira. Kupyolera mu maphunziro anga ku Utah Valley University, ndinaphunzira kufunikira kwa ophunzira kuphunzira mawu, makamaka masamu. Masamu akhala akudziwika kuti ali ndi chinenero chake, chokhala ndi mawu akeake ndi zizindikiro. Ophunzira ambiri amavutika kuphunzira chinenero cha masamu.Nditamaliza maphunziro anga, ndinasonkhanitsa mawu a mawu m'dikishonale yathunthu, yolembera ana asukulu zapakati ndi kusekondale. "All Math Words Dictionary" ndikumapeto kwa zaka khumi za ntchito yosonkhanitsa, kugawa ndi kufotokozera mawu onse omwe wophunzira angakumane nawo m'maphunziro awo a algebra, geometry, ndi calculus. Bukuli lili ndi zolembedwa zoposa 3000; kuposa 140 notation tafotokoza; 790 zithunzi; katchulidwe katchulidwe ka IPA; ndi ma formula ndi ma equation opitilira 1400. Ndikugwira ntchito yokonza dikishonale, pakati pa kusewera ndi adzukulu anga, ndinayamba kupanga malingaliro ena ophunzirira masamu.Kenako, ndikuwerenga buku la mayina amitundu kwa mdzukulu wanga Sawyer, ndinayamba kuganiza momwe mabuku otopetsa onena zamitundu amakhalira akuluakulu. Ndinalingalira kuti, "Ndi zinthu ziti m'chilengedwe zomwe zili ndi mitundu yofunikira kuti ziphunzitse mayina amitundu kwa ana?" Chifukwa chake, ndidapanga "Mtundu wa Nthenga za Mbalame", "Mitundu ya Maluwa", ndi "Mitundu ya Mlengalenga".