i’m maskingi’m asking youto help me quietthe voices inside my headthat tell methat i can’t this fearthis spherearound meis a poisonous cocoonits safety comesat the costof slow suffocation a part aparthas come togetherto gatherthe pieces of my selfand leave me pronealonefragileisolatedabandoned until there is no more youto pull me out ofthis suffocating fear 03.22.22
Month: March 2022
Logs, Roots, and Fractions
How notation gets in the way of understanding The other day I tweeted this: Objectively, I realize that \(\sqrt2\), \(\log6\), and \(\frac57\) are all specific numbers and that they’re the simplest way to write those specific numbers. But I struggle with convincing my brain of that. And if I struggle, I don’t at all wonder…
March 12, 2022
When I was a child, there was a PSA about the new kid in school. The child was a loner until one of the established kids reached out and made them feel welcome. Then everyone realized that the new kids was okay, and there were smiles and laughs. When I was a child, I went…
The Logarithmic Rules
In this item, I will show how the basic logarithmic rules, including the Change of Base formula, follow from this equivalency: \[\log_b m = n \Leftrightarrow b^n = m\] For the ease of reading, I’ll generally use the natural base (\(e\)) and the natural logarithm (\(\ln\)). However, everything here applies to all valid bases (\(b…
Thoughts on Memorization (Facebook repost)
There are two basic forms of “memorization”: (a) Rote, through the repetition of the specifically, often decontextualized, data and (b) Habituation, through the repetition of acts that involve the information to be “memorized”. When we think of school, we tend to think of the first kind, because that’s the more efficient in the short-term, but…
My 52nd Birthday
March 4, 2020 was my 52nd birthday. A virus called COVID-19 had been infecting the population in China and other countries, and the US was starting to express concerns. We hadn’t had any definitively confirmed cases yet in Michigan, but within two weeks, schools would be shut down as a precaution. March 12 was the…