Favorite Tweets #10!
k8nowak Are we ready for some Halloween avatars or should we wait until tomorrow?
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CmonMattTHINK Prove, Or Disprove And Salvage If Possible: If two triangles have equal areas and equal perimeters, then they are congruent.
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samjshah love saturdays. im going back to sleep.
samjshah @k8nowak what? there’s not much to do in upstate new york, so im sleeping. then im going to see some former students buying undergonches.
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sophgermain@k8nowak totally just made my morning
samjshah@PamLPatterson oh snap you called Kate Nowak with my face creepy. @k8nowak, did you hear that? Our costume is creepy! Halloween Winner!
CardsChicIt’s nice not to be the only math nerd at a pumpkin carving party! http://twitpic.com/32dla8 http://twitpic.com/32dlao
k8nowak@sophgermain @sweenwsweens dressed as @samjshah last year for Halloween. Snowball effect, I think.
sophgermain@park_star put a hat on the tiny person and take a picture on a red background. bam@samjshah
dandersodI miss one day on twitter…
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sarcasymptote@samjshah still want to do library and dinner today?
samjshah@sarcasymptote yes! still waking up. want to meet at 1?
dcox21@samjshah @sarcasymptote still waking up? Isn’t it after 9:00 back there?
jreulbach@dcox21 @samjshah @sarcasymptote ahhhh, sleep before kids.
samjshah@dcox21 yeah, the benefits of not having children jumping on your bed screaming for sugary cereal. THE CEREAL IS ALL MINE!
jreulbach@samjshah @dcox21 Yeah, but WE get to go Trick-or-Treating tonight! Bwa-ha-haaaaa!
dcox21@samjshah Don’t kid yourself, it’s all mine too. The kids get Cheerios and Grape Nuts. Maybe All Bran if they’ve been bad.
jreulbachFavorite quote of the morning, “We don’t SLIDE TACKLE in the house!”
dcox21@jreulbach Man, you guys are strict.
jreulbach@dcox21 We buy ONE box of lucky charms a week. First one to breakfast gets served first. When it’s gone, it cheerios. #waystomotivatekids
dcox21@samjshah Kids look at me all Oliver-ish, like, “Dad, can we have some too?”
I just look up and ask, “you pay the bills round here?”
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jybuell@sophgermain yeah. I waited until she was busy and rushed an autotimer pic. Some husbands hide porn, I hide twitter.
jybuell@sophgermain “No honey, I’m not on Twitter! I’m…umm…surfing porn.”
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k8nowakCrazy weekend. There were gunshots fired about 10′ from my hotel room door. Drove home when the police let me leave #welcometorochester
k8nowak@sophgermain @samjshah last night i learned that when the revolution comes, i’m going to be the first to die. especially if hbo is still on.
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misscalcul8I made an sbg breakthrough with one student! Brought up a 55, 65, 70, 65, 65 to a 80, 95, 90, 80, 95 in one hour after school yesterday. Yay
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jimwysockiWhy, oh why, is there something in my eye? Is it a french fry? Sigh.
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21stcenturychemEnd of Q1 Quote of the day: “Wait… you mean we can come in and retake topics?”#facepalm #sbar
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samjshahKid grinning: “Mr. Shah, I hate it when you secretly make us learn things.” Best quote of the day. Love my kids.
dcox21@samjshah Your Jedi powers are improving.
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k8nowakSubject line, Email from Time Warner: “Get Wideband and start Powertasking.” They are just making up words now.
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k8nowak@samjshah @dcox21 @SweenWSweens oh, you boys and your oprah videos.
dcox21@k8nowak It’s the Backstreet Boys. I can’t help myself.
samjshah@dcox21 tell me why? …
dcox21I want it that way…
samjshah@dcox21 ain’t nothing but a mistake.
dcox21@samjshah I never wanna hear you say…
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misscalcul8So I just awarded a student 32 sparkly rainbows for having the BEST explanation ever of how they solved a problem. In honor of you @samjshah
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approx_normalThere is a MOUSE in the recycling container in my classroom…. Kids coming in within next 10 seconds…. They’re gonna freak.
samjshah@approx_normal EAT IT! QUICK!
calcdave@samjshah @approx_normal “Hewwo kids. (squeak!) Geth tharded un bewwerk (squeak! squeak!). Ah buh ruh bak”
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druinok2(x+5)^2 does NOT equal 2x^2+50 #needaredstamp
k8nowak@druinok Make me one a those too, please. or maybe like “Every time you distribute an exponent, God kills a kitten.”
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cheesemonkeysf@samjshah Used your Complete the Square lesson materials and TOTALLY rocked the class. Thank you for sharing your insights & experience.
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k8nowakThe contents of my fridge don’t get me at all.
samjshah@k8nowak amen sister. dried out cheese, old half and half, and frozen veggie dumplings. oh, oh, and goya pear juice.
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RobertTalbert[1/2] Calc students complain that my tests aren’t “congruent with the HW”. So I made 50% of last test a direct copy/paste from WeBWorK.
RobertTalbert[2/2] Results are pretty much the same as previous tests. Next complaint, please?
calcdave@RobertTalbert But they didn’t KNOW it was going to come from that, so they didn’t study it.#Iveheardit
RobertTalbert@calcdave I’m so unfair!
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sc_kThese jokes just don’t get tired. RT @CmonMattTHINK I heard Kanye West is opening a breakfast joint. It’s called Omelette You Finish…
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busynessgirlI say “play math” so much now that I keep slipping and say “play math” instead of “teach math” or “learn math” … oops!
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SweenWSweens@samjshah I just spent 10 minutes trying to explain the title of your blog to my wife. I failed.
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SweenWSweensStudent A: “Yo get off my nuts!” I turn in surprise to see Student A snatching his bag of cashews back from student B.
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jybuellHide your kids! hide your wives! @k8nowak is coming for me!
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jybuell@druinok ah yes. Alg 2 was Like the middle book in a trilogy. All setup no resolution. Pick battles.Ones most needed 4 next year.
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madcaptenordear students: never ask me a question that starts “on an exam, do we have to do X?” it makes me angry.
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park_star@sophgermain @jybuell lets not talk about etsy lest it open itself in my browser. i don’t have time for an etsy blackhole…
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madcaptenorDear Trader Joe’s baking mix: you really expect me to have a floured work surface to make scones? If I had flour I wouldn’t have bought you.
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hemantmehtaDear math students, your assignment is: Take a famous song lyric and rewrite it in equation form. #fb http://yfrog.com/mhup30j
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sophgermainMy dad just said “how’s my girl?” I responded. obviously he was talking to the dog.
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k8nowak@samjshah @cheesemonkeysf What do you call an angle that did not check itself?
k8nowak@cheesemonkeysf @samjshah A rectangle! Ahahahahahhahahahaha!
republicofmathDo you know a square has two right angles. The other two? They’re left angles @k8nowak@samjshah @cheesemonkeysf #groan
k8nowak@republicofmath @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf What do you say to encourage an angle who has given up?
k8nowak@republicofmath @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf TRIangle! ahahahahaahahahahahaahaha!
republicofmathWhat geometric figure is represented by an empty bird cage? Polygon! @k8nowak@samjshah @cheesemonkeysf #groan
SweenWSweens@k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf What do you call an 8 legged creature who just left the room?
cheesemonkeysfDan Meyer? | RT @SweenWSweens: @k8nowak @samjshah@cheesemonkeysf What do you call an 8 legged creature who just left the room?
SweenWSweens@k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf Octagon(e)
cheesemonkeysfOops–Thought you meant an 8-ft tall creature who just left :) @ddmeyer | RT@SweenWSweens: @k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysfOctagon(e)
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sophgermain@irrationalcube you used the words sesquipedalian and vernacular in the same sentence where you accused someone else of being pretentious.
sophgermain@irrationalcube way to go, champ.
irrationalcube@sophgermain Sometimes I worry that my obscure sense of humor is lost on everyone else in the world. Thank you for validating it.
sophgermain@irrationalcube that’s what creepy internet friends are for.
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sophgermain@samjshah I want it to say “I’m not a blogger sometimes my tweets are just super long”
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CardsChic@sophgermain You and I seem to be on the same wavelength today. A student asked me if I could be less bipolar tomorrow. #seriouslykid?
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republicofmathWhy couldn’t Pythagoras get a car loan? He couldn’t find anyone to cosine ! @k8nowak@samjshah @cheesemonkeysf #groan
republicofmath@k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf Why is George Hamilton III fond of#trigonometry? Because he’s always a tan gent! #groan
cheesemonkeysf:-D |RT @republicofmath: @k8nowak @samjshah@cheesemonkeysf Did you hear the square got arrested? He failed to obey the Law of Sines! #ouch
cheesemonkeysfComing up next: Pun intervention!!! | RT @republicofmath: @cheesemonkeysf @k8nowak@samjshah Mathematician @ party”…logarithm” #ouch
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samjshahOn the board I wrote “r tells you how strongly or weakly correlated the independent and dependent variables r.” Twas a total accident. HAA!
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hemantmehtaI told my math students to make their own version of this XKCD strip http://xkcd.com/388/. One girl turned this in :) http://bit.ly/fAYs7X
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sarcasymptoteSarcastically live-tweeting #edcampnyc – already been accused of being a hipster. Need to stop wearing skinny jeans to conferences.
samjshah@sarcasymptote it’s not an accusation if it’s true. come ON and own UP.
jybuell@sarcasymptote or just stop wearing them entirely
sophgermain@jybuell @sarcasymptote mwahaha. Jason, always the problem solver.
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cheesemonkeysf@samjshah Another “check yo’self” reference = more evidence to my Alg 2 students that you are the great comedic math genius of N. America
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dcox21@samjshah @sophgermain You don’t like peppermint? I don’t even know you anymore.
samjshah@dcox21 what’s funny is we don’t even know each other!
dcox21@samjshah I know, that’s why I said I don’t even know you. That was a separate thought from the peppermint thing.
#conservingtweets
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sarcasymptote@dcox21 @Mrs_Fuller @Fouss ACTUALLY fried chicken and southern comfort food is all the rage in my hood now. but i dont eat it. #notahipster
dcox21@sarcasymptote @Mrs_Fuller @Fouss What if the chicken was breaded with Doritos? Would you eat it then?
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Fouss@sarcasymptote @dox21 @Mrs_Fuller Can I ask a question? What exactly is a hipster?
samjshah@Fouss HAHAHAHAHAHA! i don’t know why but i just find your comment priceless.
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graceachenWhoa. ‘What not to wear’ just surprised a high school teacher on stage during a school assembly. Not okay.
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madcaptenorwhy do students want to know exactly how many questions will be on the exam? does this knowledge really help?
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jybuellGot email from colleague saying she found blog by “Dany Meyer”. Also wants to know if he’s single cc:/ @ddmeyer
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k8nowak@cannonsr hey where do you get canning jars?
dcox21@k8nowak @cannonsr I just go into my pantry. Don’t you have one of those?
samjshah@dcox21 who doesn’t? i also have 2 house elves and seven whomping willows. #pantriesarefancy
dcox21@samjshah Hold on, lemme google whomping willow and I’ll get back to you.
dcox21@samjshah I’ve got the house elves (5 to be exact) but no whomping willows. Must be an East Coast thing.
samjshah@dcox21 oh please don’t go through the trouble. please: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=whomping+willow
samjshah@dcox21 i’m not sure they’re your house elves anymore. have you ever given ‘em a pair of socks?
samjshah@dcox21 just watch out. once you give them an article of clothing, they’re not obligated to do whatever you demand of them.
dcox21@samjshah We don’t /give/ them anything. They borrow and then pass it down once it doesn’t fit anymore. So, we’re good.
samjshah@dcox21 i feel bad for #5. #holesinsocksareinevitablebythen
dcox21@samjshah #5 doesn’t need socks when he’s got these. http://twitpic.com/3f06ey
samjshah@dcox21 your 5th house elf has pony legs and pony hoofs? COOL. centaurrrroaraus!
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dcox21@park_star Why? It’s not like I’m hooked on crack?
samjshah@dcox21 i’m curious as to why you ended your last statement to @park_star with a question mark. is it a question?
dcox21@samjshah @park_star Not really a question because I can quit whenever I want.
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samjshah@sarcasymptote next time you should come to my apartment. it would get me to do some work too! and i have only 1 or 2 paula songs.
sarcasymptote@samjshah we can try that sometime. but no glee breaks allowed.
samjshah@sarcasymptote well then we have to cancel that idea. working without glee breaks is like breaking without bieber breaks.
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samjshahstole @sarcasymptote ‘s watch – only to get mine back and totally called out for being whack by@robinwasserman . my life needs revamping.
robinwasserman@samjshah *hugs you like a two handed jellyfish*
sarcasymptote@samjshah it wasn’t as fun as a couple weeks ago when we traded cardigans for a while. Yours are so nice!
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park_star@cheesemonkeysf do you have a few sweater vests and a rainbow t-shirt? ;) (cc. @samjshah )
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sophgermainDear tech museum guide, I can’t flirt with you in front of my students. Please stop. They already asked if I gave you my number. Annie.
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sarcasymptote@sophgermain really? I did it once, and just told kids, “the quadratic formula- solves equations and gets the ladies.”
sophgermain@sarcasymptote you are so classy. I mean really so classy.
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sophgermainIn case you’re wondering I’m pretty sure I just became an adult. I just started a retirement plan. #weird
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PamLPattersonI’m reading http://www.amazon.com/Procrastinators-Guide-Getting-Things-Done/dp/1606232932/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292374605&sr=1-1 I should be writing a college rec and a sem exam. I think I could learn something from this book!
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samjshahtoday one of my multivariable calc students stopped by to say hi and tell me about college. it was nice to hear from him.
samjshahour lives revolved around these kids, and we cultivate relationships. and then like that: they’re gone, and we’re doing it again. kinda sad.
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sarcasymptoteBusted by new principal already! Told to anon suggest 6 word mission statements, I did “to infinity and beyond.. ond.. ond” How did he know?
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dandersodNice. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunchbreath/5264120272/@sarcasymptote @samjshah
sarcasymptote@dandersod @samjshah oh god, that is amazing. I’ll have to show my kids. Looks just like their doodles of me.
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madcaptenorexam grading going surprisingly smoothly. Thinking it’s because I’ll never see most of them again, so I’m not worried what they think.
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ddmeyer@samjshah @dcox21 Says the guy who spent his first night of winter break reading! Books! We’re all sinners here.
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sophgermain“Here I poured you this glass of port”- mom “Do I like port?” -me “Just drink it. Stop whining.”
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ddmeyerOkay. Paper to write. Gotta organize my followers in shifts to keep me distracted. You’re on post from 3:30PM to 3:32PM PST.
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sarcasymptoteto the teachers already on break, from a teacher who still has 4 days of classes this week: can you keep it down? ugh.
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samjshahsentence 1: “He didn’t know what to do with himself, with this blank, unscripted, in-between time”… one page later… sentence 2:
samjshah“He had somewhere to be and his own business to mind.” Not a promising start, new book, not a promising start.
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sarcasymptote@jybuell @sophgermain ryan gosling wears skinny jeans, and i bet you guys dont make fun of him all the time for it. http://fuckyeahryangosling.tumblr.com/post/1205651370
park_star@sarcasymptote I make fun of all skinny jeans on males, no exceptions. Almost all females as well.
samjshah@sarcasymptote @jybuell @sophgermain ryan gosling is my hero.
samjshah“I might get your heart racing / In my skin-tight jeans” -Katy Perry & @sarcasymptote & Ryan Gosling
sophgermain@sarcasymptote @jybuell @park_star @samjshah ryan gosling can do no wrong in my book. Skinny jeans and all.
jybuell@sarcasymptote @sophgermain at all times I strive to model myself after
the guy in The Notebook
sarcasymptote@jybuell @sophgermain thats better than the guy from half nelson. or the guy from lars and the real girl.
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approx_normalMy son (7): “You wanna stay home with me every day, dontcha?” Me: “Of course!!” Son: “WELL, we’ll just gotta find a way to get you fired.”
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sophgermain“i didn’t get you enough presents, we”ll have to go shopping.”-mom #bestsentenceEVER
approx_normal@sophgermain my mom said, “I may not have gotten you what you WANTED, but it would’ve been if you were a normal female.” #normalisNOfun
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WillyBStudent: “I’m not looking forward to 5 & 6 block today. We’re watching Elf in both & we’re at the exact same spot in both.” #facepalm
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mctownsleyWithout Geometry, life is pointless. #rimshot
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