Author Archives: Small Fry

So last night I gave homework, like I sometimes do.  But I flat-out told one of the sections – “I’m not going to put a grade in the gradebook.  So as far as the grade goes, there will be no … Continue reading →

From a student today: “I’d like to thank you for being a awesome educator, advisor, and comedian. At first I thought Geometry was just going to be some boring class where I would just sleep all period. But you changed … Continue reading →

Otherwise I wouldn’t have anything to write about!  A slow day as far as math teaching goes.  PARCC testing all morning, a shortened schedule due to a pep rally in the afternoon, and covering for a teacher who had pep … Continue reading →

Holy moly.  A lot has changed since last time I posted (last June).  I was super excited because I was within a month of marrying the most amazing woman in the world.  We lived in Pennsylvania.  She was ending a … Continue reading →

After a PD about VAAS – Value-Added Assessment Systems – after the school day today, I was thinking a lot about adding value to things.  Not necessarily mathematical value; just value in general. Now, as I’m sitting here planning a … Continue reading →

So, good news!  And it’s two-fold.  Or several fold?  Or just crumpled up in a little ball… First, it’s August!  My birth month.  Not really unexpected good news, I have come to be pretty good at predicting when this good … Continue reading →

So I was just watching a show on the Panama Canal…it said that a staggering 14,000 ships go through the canal each year.  I started thinking about the numbers a little bit and knew that meant between 35 and 40 … Continue reading →

A new month already?  July-in to me?!  Nope.  Couple of things I’ve been thinking about this morning/early afternoon: 1: 6 months are done, 6 months to go.  That should mean the halfway point of 2013?  31 + 28 + 31 … Continue reading →

Not a post about measuring things.  A post about the book Measurement by Paul Lockhart.  I love this page…it’s from page 15 of the edition I own.   This is the kind of thing you have to do as a mathematician: … Continue reading →