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Yearly Archives: 2020
A-Sittin’ on a Rainbow
Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 09:50 PM (-06:00)
In spite of ourselvesWe’ll end up a-sittin’ on a rainbowAgainst all oddsHoney, we’re the big door prize —John Prine 1946-2020 What a big ol’ goofy world.
Old School / New School
Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 12:15 PM (-06:00)
1. The Moon “What a beautiful moon tonight!” Jenny said. She attached three pictures of the Kentucky full moon, which looked strangely like ours — big, smiling, round, white; thin, wispy clouds; a glowing streetlight in the foreground. “We saw it!” I replied. And I told her about our venturing forth last night. It had […]
Lean On Me
Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 09:37 AM (-06:00)
This week we started distance learning for real. Yesterday was the first day of algebra in Google Classroom. The kids are working the small assignments I gave them. We’re being gentle on ourselves, so small is good, and no grades this week is better. Here is the morning announcement I sent out today. Hi folks. It’s […]
Under The Apple Tree
Thu, 2 Apr 2020, 06:41 PM (-06:00)
1. Morning The day started out cloudy, which can be a good thing when you’re locked up at home, easily distracted by blooming flowers or blue sky or green grass. So we got right to work in the morning, Trudy in one room, I in another, both of us clicking on keyboards and talking on […]
A Product of Non-Sanitized Pens
Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 10:57 AM (-06:00)
A contamination even occurred here this morning. The fair and industrious Trudy started the day with the birthday song. Then she handed me a hand-drawn card. The thing of it is, I don’t think she sanitized the pens when she drew it, and this was the product: Despite her cautionary pronouncement, the virus seems so […]
Back of the Envelope
Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 10:30 AM (-06:00)
A birthday card arrived from some close friends in northwest Austin, yesterday. The envelope had dazzling artwork on the front, a celebrate stamp in the corner, and a garland of flowers on the back. Of course, the card the bore the birthday message inside, but the back of the envelope was the particular thing. Just […]
Quod erat demonstrandum
Sat, 28 Mar 2020, 09:02 AM (-06:00)
QED 1 Some time ago, I went through a proof of the quadratic formula with the pre-AP kids. It was part of our notes. I put the proof in their homework. The proof was an extra credit question on their test. At the end of the proof, when we had arrived at our destination, I wrote […]
Complex Conjugate Roots
Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 07:15 PM (-06:00)
Timothy sits in the front row. He is a good student. On days when he wears his glasses, he looks doubly studious. He had his glasses on. It was a practice day. I had assigned some very involved complex conjugate root problems the night before, but I had assured them that today would be a […]
A Leisurely Stroll
Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 05:21 PM (-06:00)
After a full day of environmental consulting from home, the fair and industrious Trudy headed out to Costco. I did not go along — no need to double the size of our target, and anyway, my contribution was in the 60+ line at Whole Foods and hour before opening this morning. (Age has its privileges. […]