For a tiny bit of background, check out last week’s inaugural “resource” post.
Now, on to the countdown!
3… Tweets
https://twitter.com/themathforum/status/678983389635039232
Look what my principal got me for the holidays! #GotMePegged #MTBoS
cc: @Gelada @alexbellos pic.twitter.com/iUN1m4U7i8— Andrew Gael (@bkdidact) December 22, 2015
My 6-y.o. just told me "If have to do 9-5, I do 9+5, minus two 5s." When I asked him why, he said, "because it's easier for me." hmmm #mtbos
— Jennifer Michaelis (@MichaelisMath) December 21, 2015
2… Posts
22? 30? 50? 100?, by Joe Schwartz . A wonderfully thoughtful post, followed by a flood of wonderfully thoughtful comments.
Good Mathematician vs. Great Mathematician, by Ben Orlin. In shifting from Reeder to Feedly and back to Reeder, I somehow (argh!) temporarily (phew!) lost my RSS feed to Ben Orlin’s delightful Math With Bad Drawings. Resubscribed. It’s good to be back.
1… Book
Several weeks ago, Andrew Stadel suggested I read Weekend Language. I procrastinated for a while, but finally picked it up. It was as good as advertised. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to become a better presenter.
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That’s all for now!
Weekend Language, baby!
Weekend Language!