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I am a high school math teacher in Brooklyn, New York. I enjoy getting students excited about math by being math’s loudest and most passionate cheerleader. Here’s my teaching portfolio. Also, if you want to know what I’m like, see the insides of my fridge, my wallet, my computer, and my bookshelves.
Did you happen to hear the “radicals in the basement” joke from Doug Destasio? (South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Washington State?)
No, I learned it from my HS calculus teacher Roger Keil. Corny math jokes were his thing. I wish I had that capability. I’m just not quick enough.
About your title (I love your title by the way): you are talking about the type of function that can, say, be obtained by a limit of carefully chosen cosine functions, right? One can choose them so that the sum is uniformly continuous but that the sum of the derivatives is NOT.
:-)
Hello!
As a cheerleader of math you are going to love hearing about MangaHigh.com
Check out some of these links and please let me know what you think of the site. It would also be great if you could share MangaHigh.com with your community. Please email me and I can send you a image if helpful.
Cheers,
Ila
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Dear Mr. Shah:
I enjoy reading your blog, and was wondering if you would like to do a link exchange. My book blog’s url is educationanddeconstruction.com. Every week, I make a nonfiction book recommendation in the topic areas of education, history, technology, biography and/or humor. I have already put up your link. Please reply if you would like to do a link exchange. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sally Friedman
Hi there samjshah!
So this is going back in time a bit but I figured I should reach out to you as you I continue to get traffic to my site as a result of your post on binders from back in Jan (I think). I know your critique of The Organized Binder was not stellar, which I completely understand as the description on the site rushed and anemic at best…the plight of a full-time teacher and reluctant classroom consultant! It would be fun to explain the system to you sometime and show you the impact it is having in classrooms (including math) around the country. If you are interested shoot me an email.
Cheers,
Mitch
Hi! I don’t think I said much/anything about it except that it looked complicated, but if well implemented, that it could be really powerful for the kids. [http://samjshah.com/2010/01/15/binder-checks/#comment-1835]
All I was saying is there’s a learning curve for kids with any new system.
But I’d love to hear more about your system/philosophy/implementation. I’ll email you once I get a moment to breathe!
What are the odds that you’re going to NCTM?
Odds are 0, sadly. BOO!!! Sigh.
could be worse. they could be negative, i guess, in which case you’d land in the middle of the atlantic. which is rough this time of year.
Hey Sameer, check this site dvBYdt.com which is presenting phy, chem and maths concepts in comical style with comic strips and comic series.
Hi,
I came across your blog by googling “hyperbolic paraboloid”. I am studying architectural history at UCSB and I am writing an honor’s thesis on the unique saddle roof architecture of Walter White. Judging from your blog, you seem very passionate about math and calculus in particular. I have a limited background in math (completed calc w/ analytic geometry and intro to diff equations) and I am having a hard time writing and conveying how hyperbolic paraboloids work. I was wondering if you would be willing to help me articulate their structures?
Thank you,
-Evan
evanthomas1@gmail.com
I can try. What specifically do you understand, and what specifically are you seeking to understand?
Hi Sam! I can’t find your email address but I have been searching high and low to find a Geometry teacher to fill a cool online job supporting new teachers for Teach for America-I’m looking to you because maintaining your blog is essentially the same as doing this job. The person has to write posts about teaching geometry and teaching in general and answer questions as well as find and share resources with new teachers. And spark discussion and make things interesting. You do all that on your blog-and I see you read tons of other blogs and might have a great idea for someone who could do that for Geometry. The job is 10 hours a week flexible hours and location. I did it this year for Calculus and Precalculus and loved it.
If you are curious my email is cameron.byerley@gmail.com and my blog is mathlovergrowsup.teachfor.us.
Best,
Cameron
PS. Any Geometry teachers can email me to find out more!
Good Day Sam,
love what your site. Would you be interested to do a link exchange? I am a singaporean maths teacher btw, I can be reached at whitecorp at hotmail dot com for further discussion. Thanks and god bless.
Hey Sam,
I know you teach Math rather than science, and you probably don’t have tons of spare time to read random books, but I was wondering if you were interested in reviewing a copy of my book on science myths still commonly taught in schools.
You can send me a message on twitter if you would like a review copy.
Sample chapters can be found at http://misconceptions.science-book.net
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