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Kidlet is having soooo much trouble with math homework tonight. And I am cursing the years of stupid curriculum that focused so much on the 'shortcuts' and different techniques that my twelve year old doesn't know how to do basic multiplication and division and it's slowing him down so much he can't get through his homework even though he's actually good at math and understands the concept. Ugh. So now I get to assign him extra homework over his next school breaks so he can get some actual practice doing simple problems so he can be able to do it for himself when it comes up in his school work.
>.<I love math, but common core is [expletive deleted]
I'm not sure if it's any worse than the way I learned how to do math:
This was so nerve-wracking for me that I started having massive anxiety attacks every day before math class. Before second grade, I'd liked math and wanted to be a scientist, but after fifth, I hated math and dreaded going to class. It wasn't until I tested out of two years of high school math and got to take the honors and university-level courses that I started liking the subject again (mostly thanks to my terrifying, hard-assed, brilliant honors statistics teacher).
tl;dr: math class sucked in the 90s.
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Why the F~** is our social thread filled with this "math" sorcery?
It's all terribly fascinating, but in the end, I'd say it's best left to those crafty Greeks. More wine?
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From my kid's national geographic kids joke book
Q: Why does the Ocean roar?
Lol!
Edit: I'm giving it 5 stars on Amazon in the morning:-D
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To quote Bob Leckie quoting Bill Shakespeare, "they murdered sleep."
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When I first saw the film 300, I thought it was a bunch of historically inaccurate garbage. Some time later, after several years of studying Classical Greek history in my spare time, I re-watched it, and came to the realization that it's a work of art. The whole thing is framed as being a story told by a Spartan warrior to his troops some time after the battle--it's the Starship Troopers of the ancient world. F@#$ing genius.
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Uh, I was sure even before I watched it that it does not pretend to be historically accurate at all.
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I'm pretty sure Hollywood always strives for historical accuracy.
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300 may not have been historically accurate, but it was a lot of fun to watch.
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Let a = b
a^2 = ab (multiply both sides by a)
a^2 - b ^2 = ab - b^2 (subtract b^2 from both sides)
(a+b)(a-b) = (a-b)b (factor out (a-b) from both sides)
(a+b) = b (divide by (a-b))
(b+b) = b (since a = b from the start)
2b = b (addition)
2 = 1 (divide by b)Thus, 1 + 1 = 2 = 1
a*a=a*a
a*a-a*a=a*a-a*aFollowed by dividing by a-a... A.k.a. zero. Don't do that. It makes bad stuff happen.
Why the F~** is our social thread filled with this "math" sorcery?It's all terribly fascinating, but in the end, I'd say it's best left to those crafty Greeks. More wine?
I dunno. I already drank an entire bottle of moscato tonight.
Ah, f*@+ it. Do we have any merlot?
Ah, f*$+ it. Do we have any merlot?
{makes mental note to re-watch Sideways (2004) this weekend}
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At least you didn't grow up in a town so obsessed with cheese, they named their sports teams The Cheesemakers, and had a festival called Cheese Days.
But it could've been worse, at least we weren't The Pretzelmakers of Freeport.
Pancakes here.
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Though I admit, our school mascots are not breakfast-themed.
I do not abide by the laws of mathematics, whatever they may be.
this guy...this guy gets it.
Though I admit, our school mascots are not breakfast-themed.
great.
I was gonna drink this barrel of toxic waste and grow to ginormous size, rampage across the country, and eat Scint's school in a display of epic irony.
Now I'm just gonna go to work.
Why the F$@& is our social thread filled with this "math" sorcery?
no idea.
The blight that is mathematics must be cleansed.
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5-10 inches (of snow) for tonight now. :-)
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My life is way more interesting than I want it to be.
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5-10 inches (of snow) for tonight now. :-)
I see through your crocodile smile. I'm not buying this "I love winter/snow!" thing you're selling.
Kidlet is having soooo much trouble with math homework tonight. And I am cursing the years of stupid curriculum that focused so much on the 'shortcuts' and different techniques that my twelve year old doesn't know how to do basic multiplication and division and it's slowing him down so much he can't get through his homework even though he's actually good at math and understands the concept. Ugh. So now I get to assign him extra homework over his next school breaks so he can get some actual practice doing simple problems so he can be able to do it for himself when it comes up in his school work.
>.<I love math, but common core is [expletive deleted]
I'm not sure if it's any worse than the way I learned how to do math:
** spoiler omitted **
tl;dr: math class sucked in the 90s.
agreed.
All common core has done is put a name to the issue. Before that it was "new" math.
I maintain that a lot of the common core stuff beats what I was taught hands down. It actually makes sense as opposed to just rote memorization and a teacher waving diaffectedly at the multiplication table and muttering/screaming something about it being "obvious" while grabbing your hand/taking points off every time you tried to count something out.
When I first saw the film 300, I thought it was a bunch of historically inaccurate garbage. Some time later, after several years of studying Classical Greek history in my spare time, I re-watched it, and came to the realization that it's a work of art. The whole thing is framed as being a story told by a Spartan warrior to his troops some time after the battle--it's the Starship Troopers of the ancient world. F*&$ing genius.
FINALLY someone gets it!
Epic storytelling always wins over a realistic display of events.
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I'm pretty sure Hollywood always strives for historical accuracy.
Hollywood is NOTHING compared to the Roman propaganda machine.
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I don't know where you're getting Hollywood isn't historically accurate, have You not seen Titanic! That actually happened!
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Eeeeeexcept there are things the narrator of 300 was not present for.
But I do agree. Work of art. There is a place for ridiculously over the top muscle action with lots of yelling and slomo.
And yes, two people did run around the Titanic and giggle. The resulting security checks meant the crew did not manage to detect the iceberg.
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Wow... I think my puns actually killed the Cheese thread.
I don't know whether to be proud, ashamed, or both...
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There is a place for ridiculously over the top muscle action with lots of yelling and slomo.
The history books? Probably the Smithsonian too.
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Wow... I think my puns actually killed the Cheese thread.
I don't know whether to be proud, ashamed, or both...
They were taking it into dark angry places when I got there, it's for the best:-D
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~groans and bangs my head against the desk~ Being behind on bills sucks!
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Eeeeeexcept there are things the narrator of 300 was not present for.
But I do agree. Work of art. There is a place for ridiculously over the top muscle action with lots of yelling and slomo.
And yes, two people did run around the Titanic and giggle. The resulting security checks meant the crew did not manage to detect the iceberg.
I never actually have seen Titanic, but that's because I know how it ends, also I wasn't dating anyone during the 3 years it was trendy.
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I was driving in to work this AM when it dawned on me that I had not yet completed one of my goals in high school, back in the day "Mix-Tapes" were all the rage. I had an idea to do one of nothing but the final songs on albums.
This must be accomplished, I am open to ideas
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Eh. For me, the Samurai Jack episode that was basically 300 was enough for me.
ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T LIKE SAMURAI JACK IS A BLASPHEMER!
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I will find this Samurai Jack, I know where to find it.
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Maybe you gotta get back, back to the past to find him.
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Wow... I think my puns actually killed the Cheese thread.
I don't know whether to be proud, ashamed, or both...
Yes.
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They were taking it into dark angry places when I got there, it's for the best:-DWow... I think my puns actually killed the Cheese thread.
I don't know whether to be proud, ashamed, or both...
So it was a mercy kill?
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Maybe you gotta get back, back to the past to find him.
Hulu will do. :-)
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I have all four seasons on DVD.
Jack will survive the apocalypse. Will quite possibly be worshiped as a god in the rad-soaked remains of Denver, which have become a haven for gamblers.
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You know Tiny T-Rex got up too early when you realize it's only a quarter after nine, yet breakfast is served, a load of laundry is done and the coffee is gone.
On the plus side, it gives me a head start to the grocery store to stock up for our first snow storm of the season, 6-12 inches (of snow) now forecast.
A winter storm warning has been declared!
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$39 for new checks? WTF?!? ~grumbles~
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Maybe you gotta get back, back to the past to find him.
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$39 for new checks? WTF?!? ~grumbles~
If you're ordering them online, make sure you're ordering the most basic kind.
I know back when I was with Wells Fargo the default settings when ordering checks online was for the gold-laminated checks that played M.C. Hammer's "Can't Touch This" every time you filled them in...
...seriously, though, Wells Fargo defaulted to the uber-ornate checks and it cost around $39, but you could switch to "basic blue" checks and get it down to $10-$15.
But that was 10-15 years ago. Switched to a credit union, never looked back...
(Or a credit onion, as Anius used to say? Anyone ever hear what happened to Anius?)
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~groans and bangs my head against the desk~ Being behind on bills sucks!
Yes.
Yes it does.
<Joins Sharoth in a duet of melodic-percussive-head-on-desk-banging>
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Eh. For me, the Samurai Jack episode that was basically 300 was enough for me.
ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T LIKE SAMURAI JACK IS A BLASPHEMER!
AND especially THIS! YES!
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I never actually have seen Titanic, but that's because I know how it ends, also I wasn't dating anyone during the 3 years it was trendy.Eeeeeexcept there are things the narrator of 300 was not present for.
But I do agree. Work of art. There is a place for ridiculously over the top muscle action with lots of yelling and slomo.
And yes, two people did run around the Titanic and giggle. The resulting security checks meant the crew did not manage to detect the iceberg.
I also have never watched Titanic, Although my Wife did, and she enjoyed/suffered through it. The ONLY film she has ever 'liked' that she insists I do NOT ever buy her a DVD of! :/
Cannot confirm the authenticity of the following tale, but this story SOUNDS probably true; :)
I heard that few High-schoolers were in line to see the film when it was hot. And the Old(er) folks in line for tickets were talking about the tragic ending of the actual event. The high-schoolers actually got upset and shouted "Thanks for ruining the ending for us! Sheesh Spoiler alert!"
I weep for todays youth. :/
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And with the weeping, thus endeth the mini-blitz.
Carry on, Carry on,...
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I never actually have seen Titanic, but that's because I know how it ends, also I wasn't dating anyone during the 3 years it was trendy.Eeeeeexcept there are things the narrator of 300 was not present for.
But I do agree. Work of art. There is a place for ridiculously over the top muscle action with lots of yelling and slomo.
And yes, two people did run around the Titanic and giggle. The resulting security checks meant the crew did not manage to detect the iceberg.
I also have never watched Titanic, Although my Wife did, and she enjoyed/suffered through it. The ONLY film she has ever 'liked' that she insists I do NOT ever buy her a DVD of! :/
Cannot confirm the authenticity of the following tale, but this story SOUNDS probably true; :)
I heard that few High-schoolers were in line to see the film when it was hot. And the Old(er) folks in line for tickets were talking about the tragic ending of the actual event. The high-schoolers actually got upset and shouted "Thanks for ruining the ending for us! Sheesh Spoiler alert!"
I weep for todays youth. :/
it worries me that you fell for that one.
I did that once with friends, it was hilarious.
Ditto screaming who Luke's dad/sister are at the star wars rerelease.
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I'm pretty sure I should stop wandering outside of off-topic and adventure paths, it's starting to get a little weird.