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Post by Regis on Mar 12, 2015 15:52:24 GMT -5
(P+L)(A+N) = PA + PN + LA + LN I just foiled your plan. I am so getting this on a T-shirt!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 15:57:09 GMT -5
You math nerds know that this Saturday is like Pi day of the century, right...
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Post by milee on Mar 12, 2015 16:03:58 GMT -5
You math nerds know that this Saturday is like Pi day of the century, right... Yep. That's one of the things the boys and I have been baking the past few days - pie. We wanted to figure out what our favorite was so we can bring it to a Pi Day Party (starting at 9:26 of course).
One of my friends asked if I could serve as Principal Race Officer for a local regatta that day, but I declined, explaining that it's a "Religious Holiday" for us nerds.
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Post by kittensaver on Mar 12, 2015 16:05:02 GMT -5
If a train leaves Station A on a track going east at 70 mph and a second train leaves Station B ten minutes later on a track going west at 85 mph, when do we get to put on our purple jackets and have margaritas?
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Post by Tiny on Mar 12, 2015 16:09:29 GMT -5
You math nerds know that this Saturday is like Pi day of the century, right... Yep. Will be attending a Pi Day party on Saturday. I know alot of math nerds/geeks and other assorted nerds/geeks.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 16:10:10 GMT -5
I put Pi Day party on meetup and onl two people signed up, so i had to cancel it I do not homeschool with a lot of math nerds...
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Post by midjd on Mar 12, 2015 16:13:22 GMT -5
DH and I are hosting a Pi Day party... but other than the pies, I think we are just playing Cards Against Humanity
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 16:15:38 GMT -5
One of the local libraries is having a 6 hour public board games thing, so we'll still get a little nerd on...
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Post by milee on Mar 12, 2015 16:22:37 GMT -5
I put Pi Day party on meetup and onl two people signed up, so i had to cancel it That makes me so sad. I'd miss not having any nerd peeps.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 16:24:50 GMT -5
Well, game nights are usually well attended, it for some reason pure math isn't their thing I guess
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Post by kittensaver on Mar 12, 2015 16:27:06 GMT -5
We're having a Pi party. We're simultaneously having a Pie party. DH will be playing games. I'm making apple pie.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2015 16:30:52 GMT -5
Lol. Maybe I just should have advertised pie and games, I think I said something about exploring Pi ...
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Post by milee on Mar 12, 2015 16:32:08 GMT -5
Lol. Maybe I just should have advertised pie and games, I think I said something about exploring Pi ... Um, yeah. Even nerds have limits.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 12, 2015 16:32:08 GMT -5
I have a BA in Math but that was 40 years ago. My brain still works that way, though. I checked out the sample problems in this link
www.actstudent.org/sampletest/math/math_01.html
They looked like fun to me. Once a geek, always a geek. OTOH, I'd have a really hard time on the advanced stuff beyond doing basic derivatives in calculus. You know there's help for people like you, just saying... This is sad.....but I thought that those questions were kind of fun too......
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 12, 2015 16:33:06 GMT -5
No. I want to actually go to college and learn something, not just get a fancy piece of paper to hang on my wall. If that's all I wanted I'd find one of the really shady for profits that lets you straight up buy a degree without all that logging in and pretending to learn anything for a couple years beforehand business. I'm going to the local community college, taking all the classes on campus, although I think they offer a few online now, and then transferring to a state university. Why go back to college now? Aren't you busy with the store?
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 12, 2015 16:35:38 GMT -5
Check out Khan Academy for math. I know a lot of people who have taken refresher courses here.
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Post by myrrh on Mar 12, 2015 16:54:58 GMT -5
Aww guess that means I'll never get to visit the store. Sorry it didn't work out Dark. FWIW DH is getting a master's degree in IT next year, it's all online but a real degree. I'm pretty sure you can do the same thing with a bachelors...work full time and do school online. If you want to that is.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 12, 2015 16:56:54 GMT -5
The answer to the second will answer the first one. The store is closing at the end of the month. It's time to pull the plug and do something productive with myself. That also means I'm 33, about to be unemployed, a high school and college dropout, the only experience on my resume is military and DoD IT stuff but I have a two year gap, and my clearance is going to lapse sometime next month. I'm more or less at the same point in my life that I was at 18; broke, unemployed, limited marketable skills. Seemed like a good time to go to college. Ah. As it turns out, it's a great time to do so. Not only will the government pay for it, it'll be 1 2 3 easy to discharge your student debt at will once the administration's latest goodies make it through the pipeline.
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Post by milee on Mar 12, 2015 17:00:25 GMT -5
FWIW DH is getting a master's degree in IT next year, it's all online but a real degree. I'm pretty sure you can do the same thing with a bachelors...work full time and do school online. If you want to that is. Is it from Georgia Tech? They seen to be pioneering some high quality programs like that. Can you tell us more about the program?
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Post by milee on Mar 12, 2015 17:01:17 GMT -5
The answer to the second will answer the first one. The store is closing at the end of the month. I'm sorry to hear that.
Is the lease over then? What will you do with any remaining inventory?
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Post by myrrh on Mar 12, 2015 17:08:19 GMT -5
Is it from Georgia Tech? They seen to be pioneering some high quality programs like that. Can you tell us more about the program? Uh...I think it's West Georgia or something like that. I'll ask DH about it and let you know.
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 12, 2015 17:21:13 GMT -5
Sum Dum Gai, I'm really sorry to hear about the business. You're right, though. Retail sucks! I know it was a dream for you and I'm truly sorry that dream didn't pan out. Makes me darned sad. That said, it sounds like you've got a solid plan for your future and, perhaps, another dream to be recognized. This is one you can definitely achieve. Kudos for having the guts to go back and get it done!
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Post by mcsangel2 on Mar 12, 2015 18:20:30 GMT -5
(P+L)(A+N) = PA + PN + LA + LN I just foiled your plan. Haaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha
I love math puns.
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Post by busymom on Mar 12, 2015 18:34:48 GMT -5
As a parent who has spent MANY nights trying to help the kids with their homework, all I'm gonna say is "Google is your friend".
And, our school district signed onto Khan Academy this year, as has already been mentioned. I mostly love the website, as you can get "math lessons" if you've forgotten how to do a type of problem AND, when your student is attempting to solve a problem, they can ask for "hints". Love it, as it takes some of the pressure off of me!
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Post by teen persuasion on Mar 12, 2015 19:12:54 GMT -5
Kind of. I'm going to school because I regret not going the first time. Well, finishing/going. It's complicated. Not that complicated. I dropped out of high school to attend community college full time when I was 14. Planned to get an associates then transfer to a university. Instead I dropped out. Have always regretted it. I also have the post 9/11 GI Bill so I can go back to school for basically nothing out of pocket, and get paid to be a student. Might as well take advantage. I need to get back on my feet anyway. At some point I need to figure out the answer to the what do you want to be when you grow up question. Same thing it does for anybody; get my foot in the door in my chosen profession. I just haven't chosen one yet. Good luck with the test. I was pretty wrung out boning up for the GRE a few years ago. I got a lot of good advice on from here. Besides - it's for placement, not admittance, right? so - don't try toooo hard - or you'll end up in a class that is too difficult.I don't think that's the way it'll work. I did the testing of incoming freshmen when I was in college, and it was just used to see who needed remedial courses before moving on to required math courses. We had three different math tests, but most people only took test 2 or 3 (functions and graphs), test 1 was extremely basic math skills (think ES). We decided who took which test based on declared major plans and Regents scores in HS: an English major probably had no need to take Calc, so test 2 was good enough. A CSC major needed to have passed 3-4 math Regents and pass test 3 to be ready for Calc I and II, et al. Occasionally a student's HS record didn't mesh up with their view of the future in college - only took algebra in HS and wanted a math heavy major - then we hedged our bets and gave them both tests 2 and 3 to see just what they could do. Just because you passed test 3 with flying colors didn't mean you were put in a 400 level math course. It just meant you didn't have to waste time and money on remedial math courses before getting to your major courses. And as a math tutor, I learned that the remedial teachers were often adjunct faculty, and not the best teachers, especially for students who needed help. The math lab developed a devoted following once a few brave (desperate) souls came in for help and found it. They came to us more regularly than to their class.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 12, 2015 20:26:50 GMT -5
It's basically just to see if I need to take remedial math courses before taking the required ones for my transfer pattern. I've already been admitted to the school. If you score high enough you can skip Algebra entirely and take your required credits starting with Calc 1 or Stats 1. If you score on the lower end you take Algebra 1 & 2, and if you score really low you take remedial math courses that don't count for credit to get you ready for Algebra 1. Just noticed my display name change. I'm assuming I have Virgil to thank for that. Awesome! It's just for this thread.
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Post by taz157 on Mar 12, 2015 21:27:43 GMT -5
The answer to the second will answer the first one. The store is closing at the end of the month. It's time to pull the plug and do something productive with myself. That also means I'm 33, about to be unemployed, a high school and college dropout, the only experience on my resume is military and DoD IT stuff but I have a two year gap, and my clearance is going to lapse sometime next month. I'm more or less at the same point in my life that I was at 18; broke, unemployed, limited marketable skills. Seemed like a good time to go to college. I'm sorry about the store. Good luck with the next phase.
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Post by CCL on Mar 12, 2015 21:32:51 GMT -5
It's basically just to see if I need to take remedial math courses before taking the required ones for my transfer pattern. I've already been admitted to the school. If you score high enough you can skip Algebra entirely and take your required credits starting with Calc 1 or Stats 1. If you score on the lower end you take Algebra 1 & 2, and if you score really low you take remedial math courses that don't count for credit to get you ready for Algebra 1. Just noticed my display name change. I'm assuming I have Virgil to thank for that. Awesome! Why don't you give yourself a week or two to brush up on it? It could make a big difference in your scores. You'll save yourself a lot of time if you score well on the test and skip the remedial classes.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 12, 2015 22:42:35 GMT -5
Dunning-Kruger effect. I consider myself good at math so I wasn't worried about it. @ the "Dunning-Kruger effect". It never ceases to amaze me what truths well-known since the dawn of man researchers can get funding to write a paper about... and get named after them on Wikipedia. We should edit the article and rename it the "Your Money and More effect". Some people here will still remember that when we polled members for IQ on the board, the average came out to be 141.
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Post by Formerly SK on Mar 12, 2015 23:32:28 GMT -5
Sum Dum Gai, I'm really sorry to hear about the business. You're right, though. Retail sucks! I know it was a dream for you and I'm truly sorry that dream didn't pan out. Makes me darned sad. That said, it sounds like you've got a solid plan for your future and, perhaps, another dream to be recognized. This is one you can definitely achieve. Kudos for having the guts to go back and get it done! x 1000
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