(sick) teacher.
‘playing’ sick is enjoyable. actually being sick is not fun.
especially when the end of the semester is coming close and students need to stay caught up. and the teacher can hardly move. hardly.
thank god for antibiotics. and thank god for dayquil. and of course, must be thankful for cheesy lifetime movies. (and the ability we have in the twenty-first century to attempt to complete work from the couch in the comfort of our own place).
speaking of which…
this actually sick teacher better get back to resting and drinking plenty of fluids and trying to complete creative lessons.
maybe the meds will intensify my creativity. (one can hope).
fairy dust.
the process of ‘getting ready’ to move is beyond me.
i am the type of person who feels like moving requires me to organize everything in my life.
(especially given the idea that this time around moving means less space).
but. as you may imagine. this creates disaster. my living room currently resembles a playroom that has not been picked up in weeks.
(this is taking me to the edge).
we won’t even throw in the additional pieces of life that are being thrown at me right now.
can i sprinkle magic fairy dust over my life?
no thank you.
this makes me sick. i urge you all to please look at the record of our education system in texas. see what this man is doing.
the public loves his unemployment numbers… but it’s at the cost of our children. and i for one, am not okay with that trade-off. we are our future.
what. a. shame.
millennials & the workplace (or classroom).
if this is what the current generation wants out of a career… and they’re willing to wait to find it… then tis high time we thought about how this relates to the classroom of today.
(or these students will be headed elsewhere quickly).
think i can use this in my math class??
New Math - Bo Burnham
whats a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy,
and an anteater plus a large hungry mutant ant? an ironic way to die
and whats domain, domain, range (xxy) a kid with too much in his pants
and two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de france.
split a decision with long division,
take the circumference of your circumcision
live like your data and when you’re all “set”
put it all together and whatever you get.
is new math…
whats a bag of chips divided by five, thats a nike worker’s meal
and santa clause mutliplied by “i” well i guess that makes him real,
and the square root of the NBA is Africa in a box,
how do u trace a scatter plot? give the pencil to michael j fox.
take the approximate moral proportion of the probable problem of a pro-life abortion
live like your data, and when youre all “set”
put it all together and whatever you get…
is new math.
and if you made a factor tree of the factors that caused my girl to leave me youd have a tree…
full of asian porn.
C-A-L-C-U-LATOR (see you later) mathetmatical minds make industrial smog.
and whats the opposite of lnx, duraflame the unnatural log.
support the farmers with a pro-tractor,
link kennedy and lincoln with a common factor (fact, or)
live like ur data…blah blah
word problems
if theres a fat guy in a pastry shop with a twenty dollar bill and he’s ready to buy,
in order to predict his volume change you need to know the value of pi (pie)
and theres a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her,
how long til it reaches adn kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor,
and if ten percent of men are gay and twenty percent of men are chinese, what are the odds that a men chosen at random spends his freetime and mealtime while on his knees
and if kim is half as old as bobby who is two years older then twelve year old tori,
for how many more 30 day months will their threesomes be considered statutory rape
cause havin sex is like quadratic expansion if it cant be split then its time to stop,
and havin sex is like doing fractions, its improper for the larger one to be on top,
and havin sex is like math homework, i do it best when i’m alone in my bed.
and squarin numbers are just like women, if theyre under thirteen just do them in your head….
Source: hashbrowntown
yes. i admit. i love lady gaga. and i love math.
this is pure beauty.
Source: xoradiogagax3
student in the angry birds era.
oh the things that could be explained using angry birds. oh how i love this. (now to talk the rest of the faculty into acceptance)…
'lecturers posting notes online "harming" bookshops.' (really)?
i teach college. i post notes online. and although i would love to drop the requirement for my students to buy standard textbooks… the administration will not allow such a move on my part.
but what this all really gets at is that each teacher has their own spin on a subject. their own way of getting across certain material. and there is no one textbook that will get it right.
i agree in saying that college students should be able to navigate the waters of research. find out more information about a given subject. but the reality is… they are (at some point) also asking for a teacher’s help in this voyage.
and notes have the ability to act as this aid. (especially in a community college setting).
University lecturers posting course notes online are “harming” academic booksellers, and the posts can also deter students from reading around the subject, the chairman of the Booksellers Association’s Academic, Professional & Specialist Bookselling Group (APSBG) group has said.
Iain Finlayson’s remarks were made after it was revealed that The Bookshop at Queen’s, which serves students at the Queen’s University Belfast, will close after 53 years of trading, citing online sharing of notes as one of the reasons for its financial demise.
Tim Smyth, manager of the Queen’s bookshop, said the bookseller wanted to close before it “fell below the line”. He also blamed internet competition and free sites such as Google Scholar and Wikipedia for a decline in custom. He said: “I don’t know how [independent booksellers] can do it anymore. Certainly the academic model has reached a tipping point now: it is unsustainable.”
» via TheBookSeller.com
Source: infoneer-pulse
beyond a (reasonable) doubt.
i’m going to go against the grain and make a statement. a statement that i agree with the outcome of the casey anthony trial.
this is not to say that i think she is completely ‘innocent…’ but let us all be reminded that a criminal trial is not looking for ‘innocence.’
in a criminal trial you must prove. beyond a reasonable doubt. that the person is guilty. the jury in the casey anthony trial simply realized that this had not occurred in the given situation. especially given the charges levied against her.
there are a number of ‘if this had happened…’ statements that come along with this verdict. and there always will be. but the reality of the situation is that casey anthony was found not guilty.
the prosecution could not prove. beyond a reasonable doubt. that she was guilty of all seven counts she was on trial for. first-degree murder. aggravated child abuse. aggravated manslaughter of a child.
and she was found guilty for those charges that she was clearly guilty of. four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
the lesson must surely be that a person is not guilty until otherwise shown. beyond a reasonable doubt. and i hope that this lesson is learned in courts across our great nation.
especially in the case of ryan ferguson. the lost night.
community. in fire(works).
fireworks are on my mind. sparklers. smoke bombs. and fountains. the fourth of july is simply not the same without these things. and without parties for the whole city. festivals where a population comes together. regardless of income, color, sexuality, belief. all enjoying the outdoors. and all enjoying this country we call home. and most importantly… watching magnificent explosions of color in the night sky.
and it saddens me to think that this joyous occasion will not be celebrated in this community-type way this year across a vast majority of the state of texas.
the grave danger of this drought is not lost on me. and i understand the importance of the burn ban that is in effect. but there is a piece of me that truly feels it is wrong that so many cities have canceled their fourth of july celebrations. (call me crazy).
and i realize that in essence, the cities have not canceled the entirety of the festivities… merely the fireworks show. but because of the fireworks cancellations, numerous organizations have felt that it is not economical for them to continue to participate in the festivities, as most people enjoy the overall atmosphere as a build-up to the end of the night fireworks.
overall, the question i ponder is if due to the cancellation of the city fireworks displays, the general population will then take things into their own hands… creating their own colorful displays. and is this not more dangerous with a burn ban in effect? would it not be a better decision for the community to provide the entertainment (and to be prepared with emergency crews on the ground) than for you or me to light our own fire…
the fourth of july is supposed to be joyous. filled with color. sparking our patriotism. igniting our belief in the society we live within. it is about coming together… and i fear that with the absence of the festival, the absence of the fireworks display… this will be lost on this fourth of july.
(banned) fireworks will still be lit. barbeque will still be eaten. alcohol will still be consumed. and friends will still come together. but the community will not come together as one.
