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Totally amateur phone camera pics thread.
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Clearing the bleach/chlorine (?) out of my well. Tried hand pumping it out but after more than 2000 pumps, 5 hours and only 300 gallons pumped. I electrified! Over 3000 gallons in about 3 hours it was cleaned out!
Don’t forget
Northern Arizona…
Mrs. n Mr. harp were a long, long way from home when these pictures were taken.
Northern Arizona…
Mrs. n Mr. harp were a long, long way from home when these pictures were taken.
YOU SHOULD BE SHOT!!!! I understand the theory behind Calculus but NEVER in a million years can I convince my brain to accept it!!! I never did finish my degree because of it! (that was 30+ years ago!) Fancy posting something so hateful on a NICE forum like this!
^^^I don’t want to sound like the mathematical moe ron amongst us, but algebra did much the same thing to me!
I failed algebra classes 6 times between the ages of 15 and 40!
I used my language skills to convince my adjunct professor that I didn’t need to pass an algebra test to teach elementary school…at that point in their development, my most important jobs would be to make sure that they aren’t Scared of math ( as I had been), and to lay the mathematical groundwork so that, someday, my students would be well prepared to tackle algebraic ideas.
He bought it, and I walked away with a ‘Gentleman’s C’.
I failed algebra classes 6 times between the ages of 15 and 40!
I used my language skills to convince my adjunct professor that I didn’t need to pass an algebra test to teach elementary school…at that point in their development, my most important jobs would be to make sure that they aren’t Scared of math ( as I had been), and to lay the mathematical groundwork so that, someday, my students would be well prepared to tackle algebraic ideas.
He bought it, and I walked away with a ‘Gentleman’s C’.
Awoken last night by a cracking sound then the house shook a little
check the side yard this morning found that a large tree fell into the river thankful not towards the house
check the side yard this morning found that a large tree fell into the river thankful not towards the house
YOU SHOULD BE SHOT!!!! I understand the theory behind Calculus but NEVER in a million years can I convince my brain to accept it!!! I never did finish my degree because of it! (that was 30+ years ago!) Fancy posting something so hateful on a NICE forum like this!
Leigh and Harp,
Sorry to distress you needlessly. You are both probably victims of bad teachers. Math can be learned rather easily if taught properly and the student can deal in abstraction. The US, UK both all taught excellent math 60 years ago.
I encounter high school students today who cant add without counting on their fingers. If you cant count, you cant do algebra and if you cant do algebra, you cant do calculus. Which is why I don't do any remedial math tutoring these days. Flashcards anybody>
I did enjoy tutoring gifted young children 1st to 5th grade as a hobby. Math sense emphasized. Almost exclusively Asian or African Americans - the parents wanted their kids to have a head start in math. They love it. It can be fun.
Are you smarter than a 3rd grader? What's 2 to the 23 power approximately? Math can be taught. It can be learned
2 to the 10th power is about 1000. 2 to the 20 power would be about 1000x1000 - one million.
2 to the third power is 8.
So 2 to the 23rd power is about 8 million.
As my 3rd grade Vietnamese student who came to the US a few years ago demonstrated for the HS kids.
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Thanks mate, All other maths was fine, I just could never quite get my head around it. I never needed it in my trade Telecommunications Tech (all electro mechanical stuff in my area of expertise) and later tree lopping (all mechanical there).
Eldest son, when he finished high school, the teacher (on awards night) announced that he had done more maths than they had even had in the curriculum. Same son gave up on two concurrent degrees, because he was bored. He now works for that same university as an IT Admin. Now, some 20 odd years later he is doing a related degree.
Man, my boss and I are cool. I'm not sure if we're cool enough that I can keep a kayak on my work van. But for times like this, I'm gonna ask him!
