Newton was God’s gift to us, it’s plain to see. God brought him forth, and put him under the tree. keywords: poem, poetry, mathematics

Here’s the link to the Wikipedia article on it. keywords: mathematics, greatest common divisor

A: The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. B: That’s right. The hand that rocks the ladle rules the world. keywords: power

“He needs more than a blessing. He needs a kleenex.” keywords: sneezing

A: Do you approve of cell phones for children? B: Only for those not in solitary. keywords: clubs for children, telephones

Some portion of the ‘trainings’ of ‘professional development’ consists simply of required readings – verified by a smoke test. keywords: actuality

1. clerical (e.g., transposition of digits) 2. arithmetic 3. algorithmic 4. logical 4.1 inferential 4.2 statistical 4.3 false positive / negative 4.4 fallacy (wrong perspective) keywords: corrections

Physics is all about what happens when intervention is lacking. Engineering is all about intervention in light of knowledge of Physics. keywords: STEM

In the beginning, procedures are more important than concepts. This is because the relative importance of procedures and concepts is given by the splitter function. That is, if x is the amount of progress in the subject, then the fraction of attention that should be given to procedures is r(x)/x, and the fraction of attention … Continue reading lorem ipsum →

Quadratic equations involves much more material than linear equations. Linear equations is to quadratic equations as a plane going forward on the runway is to the plane whose wheels have just left the ground. Another comparison is that linear equations is to quadratic equations as a river is to the ocean. keywords: instruction, teaching, formulas, … Continue reading elementary algebra →