1. Teaching Math In The 1950’s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.
What is his profit?
2. Teaching Math In The 1960’s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80.
What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math In The 1970’s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80.
Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Math In The 1980’s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: underline the number 20.
5. Teaching Math In 1990’s
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it’s ok..
6. Teaching Math In The 2000’s
Same question as number 5 but if you have special needs or just feel you need assistance because of race, color, religion, sex, age, childhood memories, criminal background, then don’t answer and the correct answer will be provided for you.
7. Teaching Math In 2017
Un hachero vende una carrtada de maderapara 100 pesos El costo de la producciones es 80 pesos. Cuanto dinero ha hecho?
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that while Hardwork andKnowledge will get you close, and Attitudewill get you there. It’s theBullshit andgood old fashionAss Kissing that will put you over the top.
Now you know why Politicians are where they are!
I’ve never seen a better explanation than this formula. How true it is?
1. Lajames has an AK-47 with a 200-round clip. He usually misses 6 of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive- by shooting. How many mofos can Lajames ice on a drive-by before he gotta reload?
2. Willie has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what be the street value of the rest of his ****?
3. Dwayne pimps 3 ho’s. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne’s $800 per day crack habit?
4. Raul wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000 to make 20% profit. How many ounce bags will he need to make to gets the 20% upside?
5. Ray-Ray gets $2000 for a stolen BMW, $1500 for stealing a Corvette, and $1000 for a 4 x 4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes and 3 4×4’s, how many more Corvettes must he steal to make the 10k for his brother’s bail?
6. Pedro got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 of his hit money per month, how much money will be left when he gets out?
7. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet and the average letter is 3 square feet, how many letters can be sprayed with three 8 oz. cans of spray paint with 20% paint left over ?
8. Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in the gang. There be 20 girls in his gang. What be the percentage of bitches Tyrone knocked up ?
9. Lafawnda is a lookout for the gang. Lafawnda also has a boa constrictor that eats 5 rats per week and a cost of $5 per rat. If Lafawnda makes $700 a week as a lookout, how many weeks can she feed her snake with one week’s income ?
10. Marvin steals Juan’s skateboard. As Marvin skates away at 15mph, Juan loads his 357 Magnum piece. If it takes Juan 20 seconds to load his piece, how far away will Marvin be when he gets whacked?
As an engineer I love looking at data in graphic format. The numbers tell stories when they form pictures that the mind can absorb. Here is a graph that puts the horrible Sequester cuts in perspective. Thank you Dan Mitchell of International Liberty blog from where I lifted this image.
Take the quiz, answer the simple question in the graphic, then ask yourself why are we fussing so much about this issue?
Coming home for the Christmas holiday from Michael Reese Hospital created a high level of activity. It was a good thing for me. We had lots of company and I went to church a lot. The holiday action gave me an opportunity to get into living at home more gradually.
The connection to the hospital did not end by any means. Three times each week I rode the Cottage Grove streetcar from 93rd Street to 29th Street, and then walked three blocks to the hospital for physical therapy. At first, mom came with me, but she realized that I could handle the trip on my own and I began taking the trip solo. The hot packs were gone but the stretching and resistance training continued.
When I first transferred to MR, progress was fast, but now it became tedious. The exercises turned into the sweat of building muscle and learning to use those that still worked. In the case of my badly damaged neck and hip, it was a matter of finding available muscle fibers and retraining them to do new things. The process required constant repetition of exercises and stretching. In many ways a physical therapist is a personal trainer. They are with you to push you toward a goal without hurting you or damaging a muscle. In addition to therapy at the hospital, I did a set of exercises at home everyday.
The holidays ended and the next big adventure after traveling to MR was returning to school. I missed an entire semester, and wondered how I would make it up. In my mind I was ready to repeat sophomore year and graduate a year after my classmates. Unbeknown to me, Mom kept in touch with Father Grace and the priests at Mendel. Not only were they praying for my welfare, they assured her that when the time came for my return, they would give me an opportunity to catch up.
The toughest aspect of returning to school was answering the questions from my classmates about what happened to me. It didn’t help that the collar and the crutches broadcast my condition. After answering and explaining for a week, things were pretty well accepted. It became very clear that I was seriously behind in every subject, and the prospect of repeating the year challenged me. Each of my teachers gave me counsel and assigned extra reading and homework to help catching up. It became my responsibility to accept the challenge and do the work. Religion, English, Social studies, etc. were easy. They involved reading and some one on one with the instructor. Plane Geometry was another matter. The entire concept of geometry as mathematics was totally new. I thought geometry involved shapes. Later, I learned that solid geometry is the mathematics of shape. Plane geometry was Greek. My head buzzed with new words like “proof, axiom, theorem, congruent.” Father Burnell recognized the dilemma quickly, and assigned a student to tutor me. The second semester work relied on knowing all the definitions and basic proofs presented in the first semester. My classmates literally bowled me over with their knowledge while I trembled at the lack of it.
God bless my classmate Bob Zimmerman. He was in the Scientific curriculum and the editor of the school newspaper. I liked him and everyday, after school he spent one hour with me going over all the first semester work. His patience and persistence to stay with me until the lights went on in my head saved me. At the same time he coached me on the basics I had to absorb the new material and solve daily homework problems.
With all the extra reading, geometry problems to solve, and three trips a week to Michael Reese, there was no time for extra curricular activities. My days of managing the basketball team ended last spring. I had to give up metal shop because of the late start and my condition made it unsafe for me to work with machine tools. Father Hartigan didn’t want me getting hurt. Instead he suggested I use that time to do my catch up work in the library. I did, and it helped. Would you believe that machine shops became an part of my career? They did, and I am proud of my accomplishments in the field of precision tool making.
The semester finished too fast, but I managed to get through finals with average grades. All of the teachers were very generous and understanding to my plight and I thank them for that. On the other hand, I studied very hard to make up the lost time and to catch up. It worked, I moved into my junior year. I suppose I could chalk up the first semester as experience, but I will brag and say that I came through it with straight A’s in Swallowing, Walking, Smiling, and Living.
The cherry on the cake came when the basketball team awarded me a Varsity letter for participating as their manager in spirit. By August, on my sixteenth birthday, I gave up the last crutch and my physical therapy ended at Michael Reese.
Thank God for Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine.
Salk introduced the vaccine two years after this story took place.
