Re: [Edu-sig] Mathematically Backward States

All the best for your new effort in teaching, Peter. You deserve the best of luck. On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 1:48 AM, A. Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig < edu-sig@python.org> wrote: > OOPS, I almost missed what you said there, Michel. > You were talking about teaching in the past tense. > Are you

Re: [Edu-sig] Mathematically Backward States

OOPS, I almost missed what you said there, Michel.  You were talking about teaching in the past tense.  Are you retired? I thought you were at Beverly Hills HS teaching with Edna, right? Sincerely, A. Jorge Garcia  Applied Math, Physics & CS  http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com 

Re: [Edu-sig] Mathematically Backward States

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Peter Farrell > > ​... ​ > anything that's not on the SATs is seen as suspect. > ​Yep. That's the whole problem. ​ One of my fondest memories from teaching was when a student's eyes got really wide when I showed her how the parts of a

[Edu-sig] Mathematically Backward States

> > > You're in California right? A backward state by most accounts. > I'd be offended but everything I've experienced here on the San Francisco peninsula supports your claim. We have a huge STEM and Maker movement but the "M" is only making the odd polyhedron (yes, Kirby they're odd, except for