Author: Nat Markey

Running Away

Yesterday afternoon, after a packed day of online classes, I sprawled on my bed and tried to get some homework done. But staring at the screen of my surface, I recoiled from the blue light attacking my eyeballs. I had been gazing at the light all day, and I now felt a headache creeping on, growing stronger each second I spent trying to focus on my screen. I looked away and pulled out my phone, only to be greeted with an even harsher blast of light. My stomach, unhappy with all the peeps, jellybeans, and chocolate lambs I’d consumed in the past 36 hours, growled at me. In short, I was all-around uncomfortable. I stood up, felt a wave of fatigue, plopped down on my bean bag chair, and proceeded to drift in and out of sleep for about 45 minutes.

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Math in the Media

While we’re at it, here’s another prompt we wanted to start off with: tracking mentions of math found in news and other media outside the classroom. As I referenced in an earlier post, this pandemic has thrust lots of statistics, charts, graphs, and calculations into the public eye. If you see any interesting articles, graphics, etc. related to math, go ahead and post a short description with a link and/or screenshot under the tag “Math in the Media.”

I’ll get the ball rolling with an interesting article I saw today on one result of the worldwide lockdowns that I hadn’t previously considered.

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Socially Distant Activities

Post author By Nat Markey
Post date April 4, 2020
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With so many people discovering new hobbies or rediscovering old ones in the midst of this pandemic, Sarah and I thought a great first prompt for this blog would be #sociallydistantactivities. Just make a quick post about any activity you or someone you know has taken up while stuck at home and throw on the “Socially Distant Activities” tag under the “Tags” menu.

Here’s an example of my own isolation-induced pursuit: the other day, inspired by boredom, nostalgia, and a log cabin-like house I passed on my run, I broke out my childhood Lincoln Logs and started building a village.Hopefully, with a couple more months of social distancing, I can craft a Lincoln Log metropolis, though I suspect I’ll run out of logs first.

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Welcome Back

Good evening, everyone! I don’t know about you, but my day was extremely eventful. At 8:30 sharp this morning, I was thrust back into some semblance of normality courtesy of my first Zoom class. Today, for me, marks the return of a loose daily structure after two weeks of none at all. Thanks to the helpful planner Ms. Michalski sent out, I even threw together a hastily-highlighted schedule for my first few days of online classes: