i am a gnat and one day i will die crushed by a wiper on a windshield of an indifferent car no eulogy no funeral just a snear for a gravesite as a reminder that i was here ptkh 052220
Month: May 2020
The Eye of the Dragon
We obscure the beauty of mathematics when we jump straight to the end. The last few weeks, for our virtual, quarantine edition of Algebra II, we’ve been exploring the unit circle. I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around how to describe the way I see too many mathematical concepts introduced, with a standard presentation…
Should we cancel cancelling “cancel”?
One word is being scapegoated for student misunderstanding. A recent trend in mathematics education is the idea that we should never, ever say the word “cancel”. The argument for the prosecution is reasonable, and I will lay it out first. But I think the problem isn’t the word itself, but rather how we approach language…
Non-Binary “They” and Style Guides
In this article, I will summarize the advice offered in modern style guides regarding the use of “they” in the singular. First, though, I’ll provide some background. Background I grew up on Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style, which clearly forbids using “they” in the singular. In fact, for those cases where we don’t know…