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Comment on Dog fighting bastards. by dean

dean — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:02:00 +0000

hi nob head if you like fighting so much y dont you do it your self ill tell you y because your a little bitch i would love 2 meat you and fuck u up

Comment on A murder most fowl, death by enema! by atatude

atatude — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:30:33 +0000

Hey Anonymous – You probally found this page because you Googled “Enema” you perv. And who kind of in the closet terd has the e-mail of “snowboardersaregay@Yahoo.com” Why are you so hung up on gays? Worried you might be one?

Comment on A murder most fowl, death by enema! by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:18:15 +0000

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Comment on Dad, do you use the Quadratic formula? by Bert Speelpenning

Bert Speelpenning — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:24:00 +0000

I have trouble getting a longer reply to get accepted, so let me just point you to this:
http://unlearningmath.com/2009/01/25/math-in-the-comics-part-1/

Comment on Dad, do you use the Quadratic formula? by atatude

atatude — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:54:52 +0000

Thanks for your comments Bert, I like the “survivor Bias” way of looking at the issue you mentioned.
What do you think about the idea of having some business math in our K-12 education. Real world applications like mortgage & car loan evaluation or balance sheet basics. The time value of money and investing and the list goes on and on. How to prepare and follow a personal budget or just balance a check book would go a long way to prepare people for adult responsibilities.

Comment on Dad, do you use the Quadratic formula? by Bert Speelpenning

Bert Speelpenning — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:12:59 +0000

WordPress put a link to your page on my blog, and I was struck by the title of your post. Much of what goes for motivation in math class is of the incestuous kind, like: “You need this for the test at the end of the unit.” “You need this so you can pass your next math class.” “You need this so you can graduate.” Whatever real life applications exist at the end of this path – it sometimes seems pretty obvious that the teacher doesn’t know either. As to the quadratic formula, specifically – no, I’ve never used it in practice. I’ve worked as a mathematician, as an engineer and as a computer scientist, and more recently in teaching. The quadratic formula is important in school, as a secret handshake.
Now, I’ve come across needing to factor quadratic expressions before, but they aren’t always nicely quadratic, so a special method for quadratics rarely ever shows much use. A method such as Newton-Raphson can be used in a much wider range of circumstances. The quadratic method is like a specially forged tool that you use once every forty years where even then a simple dime will do.

Algebra does indeed play a role as a sorting course, with some people ending up on this side and other people left on the other. What is often not realized is that this can become a self-perpetuating situation: all the folks who survived the old system now are the ones telling everybody what a necessary thing it was to have these hurdles there. Typical survivor bias.

Anyway, thank you for your post!

Comment on Excuse me, your feet are in my face. by XRumerMonstroZ

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Comment on Dad, do you use the Quadratic formula? by joyfulnumbers

joyfulnumbers — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:02:48 +0000

People who do not learn at least beginning-level algebra do NOT adequately undestand Basic Arithmetic used in daily life. Algebra really does apply to the real world. Whether fun or not should not be of great concern; obviously, “fun” can give more motivation to learn. Should real-life algebraic skill have an aspect of “fun” just by being practical?

If students find beginning algebra to be MOSTLY confusing and impractical, then these students are not putting in enough effort to learn and study.

Comment on Dog fighting bastards. by wow!

wow! — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:34:26 +0000

and….Matthew M. Phillips….might i add, you are very good with your words. i’m going to assume you scored rather high on your SAT’s? hahaha

Comment on Dog fighting bastards. by wow!

wow! — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:02:24 +0000

ok…just want to point out…everyone sounds so hypocritical. i understand the whole eye for an eye concept but you have to think to yourself…is this really eye for an eye? in this case, eye for an eye would be a person fighting another person, or perhaps a dog, depending on how you look at the situation. it is SO wrong to fight dogs. but it is also SO illegal to kill people. you can’t really say, “he fought dogs so i want to murder the bastard myself”. you have to look on the humane and legal side of things. a lot of these people on here are saying things like “dog fighting is good”, just to get a rise out of you. it’s working, by the way. i’m not going to be the judge of whether this picture is a fake or whether it’s real. regardless…there are dogs that really look like this. this is a very cruel and inhumane sport. the owners need some new activities added into their lifestyle, legal ones. i’m not going to determine the fate of these dog fighters, that’s for the court to decide. lets just hope that it stops eventually. peace!