My phone buzzed for the tenth time in less than a minute. My Grandma learned what a group chat was, and made one for the entire family. When thinking about what to post on this blog, I considered the name of this website for inspiration. Using the power of group text I decided to ask them that question. Here is what they said when asked “How’s Life? How’s Math?”
Good
My Brother Alex
A man of few words, Alex managed to answer both questions with a single word. Impressive work.
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.
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.
I love to cook. Ever since I was little, I have loved food. While most parents struggled to get their children to try anything aside from chicken nuggets, I happily tried new foods every day. When my dad became interested in bread-making and asked me to help him braid the Challahs that he had made, I quickly figured out that as much as I loved eating, I loved cooking even more.
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:
