Kids today, I tell you whut…
As part of a class I’m taking this term, I recently found myself spending an hour outdoors in the company of a largish class of local sixth graders. Their teacher… Read more »
Tag: school
Math for Mathematicians
I’ve come to a realization over the last couple of weeks. Math, as most of us know it, from algebra through Calculus, isn’t really for mathematicians. It’s for engineers, physicists… Read more »
Math Anxiety, update
The school year is moving swiftly for me. We’re already a third of the way through Fall Quarter, and I thought I would give an update on my previous blog… Read more »
Math Anxiety
Recently, I was talking with a friend about math anxiety. I’ve always been a bit of a math geek. I was one of those kids who always took the “advanced”… Read more »
Phlegm Violins against Wimmin
This term, I’m taking a class in American Cinema, and the teacher has an unusual way of taking attendance. At the end of each class, he has each student take… Read more »
“… and this is your brain on mathematics!”
Last weekend, I joined a group ride and ended up chatting with one of my fellow riders. It turns out she’s going back to school for a degree in Environmental… Read more »
Back to School
I’ve been meditating a lot about going back to school at my *ahem* perfectly reasonable age, and how the experience differs from my first time around. One aspect of that… Read more »
I finally snapped yesterday, and laid the smack down on a professor. In front of the entire class. Here’s the story, with too much background. Over the last several classes,… Read more »
School days
All at once, Summer is over in a definitive fashion. I enjoyed a bit of sun this weekend during a short little bicycle ride on Sunday and lounging in a… Read more »