Anti-clockwise is the mathematically positive direction. Also, NASCAR. Confusing to those who navigate by compass, though. OT amusement: After school and te

Anti-clockwise is the mathematically positive direction. Also, NASCAR. Confusing to those who navigate by compass, though. OT amusement: After school and teaching and spending half a career so-encumbered, I took up boating and took a marine navigation course. At first it drove me crazy because all of their + and - direction changes were backwards and I was screwing them up.