Today's version of Weird Shit They Put in Math Textbooks
Hi friends. I wanted to offer some empathy/solidarity fwiw. In 2020, my father-in-law passed away from a tragic one-person bike accident. Since then, my mother-in-law's dementia has progressed rapidly. Describing it as concentrated parts of her essence helps us to understand and humanize. TY ❤️
"For best results, weigh dry ingredients with a kitchen scale"
Me: oh, fuck off.
100% accurate.
Ok so I've been thinking about math assessment where instead of specific questions, it's a conversation with AI where the kid can get in the moment feedback. Does something like this exist? @ddmeyer.bsky.social
Your phone can tell you the temperature of your living room, which lights are on, who's at your front door, what's in your fridge, and when the washing machine is done.
But for some reason, we still want kids to graph shit by hand.
Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.
I can get an *actual* signature in Duluth, right?
NOUGAT FOR LYFE
I made a rat.
Dude, that donkey scene though...scariest cartoon scene ever
I noticed today that all of the US coins on Polypad are facing backwards. There is no way to turn them around that I could find. This feels like a purposeful decision, and I'm super curious about it. #mtbos #iteachmath
Burt are 2 noses and one eyeball before anyone knew.
I do like to crochet. Check out Figuring Fibers.
Is a circle an angle with no terminal side? #mtbos
"Trigonometry is useful because math and science!"
Ok here's a picture of my dogs to make up for the last 2 awful, eye-piercing photos.
And then I found this slide about where trigonometry is used and now I hate everything.
Here's what you get when you Google "real life applications trigonometry pictures."
It's such a mystery why kids don't believe us when we say math is useful.
Can I just list my 20 books all in a row or do I really have to tweet them one per day?
S: Maybe we should get Grandpa a replica Panthers Stanley cup for $200.
M: that's more expensive than like an actual Stanley cup.
Me: 😐
"I'm totally motivated to do math now that you told me it might useful to solve unrelated, irrelevant problems in my undefined future."
Omg. OMG
Wait, you? Or the cat?
*tap tap
Ambitious, equitable mathematics instruction across the board will make standardized test scores irrelevant.
I opened my account to Rage tweet at Cher. It was a weird time in my life, now that I think about it.
Do those followers count if they are no longer ON Twitter?
Is that an Aussie or a border Collie? This is Burt and yea, that smile never fucking quits
My favorite part of this is that you were so all in that you switched greens at the end in the middle of a word. 11/10
You know how you put stuff away for a while and you forget it exists? Here's a whole bag of crochet animal body parts.
