Archive for the 'ranting/rambling' Category
Linear Algebra
My linear algebra text defines terms in exercises which it then refers to in future chapters. Unless you happened to read Chapter 2.3’s exercise 13 and 14, you don’t know how to do future problems.
I dislike this textbook a lot.
Cedar Point and Bad Fashion
Today Ellen and I drove down to Cedar Point in Ohio, which is among the largest amusement parks in America. They feature 17 roller coasters, of which 10 we rode. We were literally three trains from getting on their newest coaster (featuring magnetic lift hill!) when it started thunderstorming and all of the rides shut […]
High School Parent Focus Group
or, “Matthew 7:3″
Tonight was the “High School Parent Focus Group” led by the new superintendent of schools in South Windsor, Dr. Kozaczka. According to the agenda, “This could be the beginning of some positive changes at the High School and the first step to have our concerns and suggested improvements heard.”
Having heard of this opportunity […]
Me vs. The Bobcat (10 Of ?)
Or, “High School Course Level Reconfiguring: A Modest Proposal”
While I have moved on to college, I like to stay current with how things are going at my alma mater, South Windsor High School (and I must note, their recent production of Guys & Dolls was the best musical I have seen them put on yet). […]
How to Write Good
I was reading the Internets, as I so often do, and I came across a link to an ABC News article about the high number of recent school shootings. The article is very interesting, not only for its content, but for the structure used by the author.
While school shootings are a tragedy, this article does […]