I. A Courtney Louise Jarrell, who is a 22 year old high school math teacher /coach in Riverton High School in Utah, was charged with object rape, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. The person she is accused of rape is a 17 year old...
Happy Pi Day 2013! What Better Way To Celebrate 3/14 Than With a Bunch of Pi Day Jokes, Songs and Crafts As any number lover will tell you, March 14, 2013 is Pi Day. Pi, as your high school algebra teach no doubt...
Am I white or black? In reality, I'm dark-skinned caucasian. So to focus on the 'truth validity' of logical statements is superficial and somewhat arbitrary.. Is not not white identically equal to white?* I contend: not exactly and so the deeper notion is set membership or...
Is π+e irrational? Is sqrt(2)+sqrt(3)? One of the open questions (they don't know either way) dealing with irrational numbers is: is the sum of of two irrational numbers irrational? To address this, let's think about the crucial property of irrationals: the...
I am most certainly a product of our math educational system (or at least my math education is). I'm like a small valid sample of 'products' from the 'assembly line' that is our math educational system in America....
Surveying a Mensa site, i found some interesting brain teasers and i'm not really into that but.. They took some effort on my part so perhaps you might find them equally stimulating.. Examine them in the attached...
How would you feel if you looked at your elementary-grade child s math homework and saw a problem that read, "Each tree had 56 oranges. If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?" Would that make you mad?read...
They keep messing around with Social Security and instead of fixing the cash flow problem, they are making it worse. Why? Are they incompetent? Is it politically expedient to do something that feels good now and...
Popular Science Stephen Woofram is a mathematician who founded Mathematica and developed the company’s software. " “Gallery: A History Of Data By Stephen Wolfram and the Wolfram|Alpha staff 20,000 B.C....
What a wonderful tribute. He’s out there, joining the numbers in a magnificent pattern. " “Benoît B. Mandelbrot[note 1][note 2] (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was...
If you are a fan of Thanksgiving, other holidays, or just doing word and math games or puzzles you should check out the Thanksgiving themed worksheets, Thanksgiving crossword, and Thanksgiving word search. There are varied difficulty levels so everyone can play with...
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In case of zombie attack, human must attack quickly and aggressively to avoid the doomsday scenario of zombie domination, says science.A study conducted by researchers at University of Ottawa and Carleton University...
Few can argue about the need to improve the nation’s public education system. Unfortunately, those in charge of making those improvements -- notably, President Barack Obama and members of the...
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One major focus in schools from elementary to post secondary, is what kids are being taught in their classes. Well, the issue that I propose is what is not being taught. The bread and butter of any post secondary enrollment are mathematics and English. Articulation and...
opinion by CMacDady | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 190 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
The abacus is an ancient calculating machine that uses beads on a frame which are moved manually. In Asia the abacus is still used in many situations and children still learn how to use it. With the state of...
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