It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Thursday, May 5, 2022

A Few Words Of Advice From A Math Teacher

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If  7+2 and  8x2
inspire the boy
to scratch his head,
then Algebra
—for him—
is just a pipe dream
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 8, 2022 at 2:43 PM

    Head-scratcher notwithstanding, virtually everyone knows "8×2" is "16" but the key to understanding Algebra is knowing WHEN 8x2=16

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  2. Paul OliverioMay 8, 2022 at 2:44 PM

    You are a man or woman after my own art

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