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I have been inspired by John D. Cook who does 11 tip accounts on twitter, each updated with a new tip, Monday through Friday. There is a Unix tool tip, an Algebra fact account, and nine others. How cool is that? Not being nearly as cool as him, I decided I’d just throw out a…
The Education Bubble
Now that The Spoiled One is in her sophomore year of high school, we are starting to look at colleges and suffering a bit of sticker shock. This is surprising since we went through this three times already with her older sisters. What we were surprised to find is that even though tuition was pretty…
Who Says Chinese Education is Better?
Before you think I am hating on the Chinese people or Asian-Americans, please go and read this article, “In China, families bet it all on college education for their children.” I’ll wait. Assuming you didn’t read it, I’ll summarize. The Wus have one daughter who studies 13 hours a day and still graduated 16th in…
This is not an abandoned blog
Years ago, a friend of mine was in college and had an old, beat up car that leaked oil on to the street where it was parked, which, for some reason annoyed her elderly neighbor. When we returned from a trip overseas competing for the U.S., there was a notice on her car – the…
32 Years Later & You’re Still Wrong
When you’re a student arguing with a professor about some topic in the field, there is always the presumption that you’re wrong and the professor is right. While statistically, I would say the odds do favor that position, it seems dramatically unfair to the student at the time, especially if she is not inclined to…
Why a math game?
Hey, kids, wanna come over after school and study math? The two students we gave this tempting offer stayed until the office closed and we had to leave. It’s been like that all week. This is what kids playing our new math game look like. I would insert a video but it is not so…