Monthly Archives: April 2017

“Learning the material”

I had a senior make a presentation to me in support of her request for an alternative for a final exam. She didn’t want to “come to school to take an exam after school was over.”  While I’m sympathetic to … Continue reading

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How math theorems really get discovered–maybe

This specific post is in response to a query about a derivation of what’s commonly known as Green’s Theorem that I had my MVC class work through, but the general ideas are applicable to a very wide range of ideas/theorems/developments … Continue reading

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Self-reliance

After having listened to 10th and 11th graders running for student council for next year, I am struck by two things.  The first is that as a whole, they tend to be more creative without being offensive than they used … Continue reading

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