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In no way, shape or form any kind of a teacher
Sorry for the unexpectedly long haitus — still having trouble getting back into life not aboard a cruise ship. I came home to a small backlog of local newspapers, and have just finished writing a letter to the editor I thought I’d share with you. The “offending” article concerned a local school who had discovered, [...]
The Law of Unintended Consequences is the only rule that works as designed
Everyone hates to follow stupid, arbitrary, unnecessary rules. But even rules that look good at first usually have unintended consequences. The latest brainchild to come out of post-secondary education circles (in the US) is a regulation that would limit the number of university courses a student is allowed to drop during their degree. Let’s put [...]
If your children have trouble with integers, they’re not alone!
A recent instant scratch lottery game had to be withdrawn in Britain because too many people couldn’t figure it out. Winning this winter-themed game depended on scratching a card to reveal temperatures lower than a given reference temperature. From Good Math, Bad Math : Pathetic Innumeracy – this time from Great Britain: So many people [...]