Favorite Tweets #7

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k8nowak I feel like I’m running a geometric construction sweatshop up in here.

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jdyer @thescamdog @samjshah Alas, I can’t be funny in 140 characters. I won’t ever make it. Now if it was 150 characters, maybe.

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alicia_anderson My sister (!!!) is graduating high school and I’m going to write her a letter a la @samjshah, or something like it.

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Fouss Darn you, @samjshah. Just got caught up reading fave tweets #6 and forgot to copy quizzes. Had to make a mad dash to the copier after bell.

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rupertg I’m not sure I believe in carbon dating. I went out with a pencil for a while, but you’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

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k8nowak “there’s this guy? On the Internet? He’s a math teacher and he has this video? Have you seen it?” -some random dude at the mall

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samjshah @k8nowak and @JackieB – my final exam question… I used JackieB’s data and k8nowak’s tweets… http://brizzly.com/pic/2KKN

adamglesser @samjshah Now I’m wishing our finite mathematics curriculum hadn’t discarded regression.

k8nowak @samjshah I feel like such a rock star for making a cameo in your final.

jybuell @samjshah @k8nowak @jackieb @jreulbach i think I’m addicted to Twitter when I remember the exact tweet convo that name came from

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calcdave In Chicago for the next few days. Nobody say or do anything interesting, ok? Or maybe someone take notes for me.

jybuell @calcdave I think that’s what @samjshah is for….

jybuell @calcdave btwn his shared reader items and fav tweets @samjshah is my primary filter. I should start sending him tips

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samjshah i was writing a post on my thoughts about the SBG movement in the blogosphere. i kept returning to the phrase “inspiring ideological cult”

samjshah decided not to finish it because i was writing more about my feelings about being a hesitant outsider, than about the ideas themselves.

jybuell @samjshah hey Sam. I’ve got these black nikes that I think would look great on you….

samjshah @jybuell i had to look it up to make sure i got that reference. yes, send them along. bc i’m > 50% going to start SBGing next year in calc.

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JackieB 8th period is my fav! hi Joe and Tricia!mari b. is my favorite and my name is mrs.Ballarini.ok I’m going to teach math now. goodbye twitter!

busynessgirl @JackieB Hmmm … I think your students have gotten ahold of your twitter account. ;)

k8nowak @JackieB Mrs B’s feed just got JACKED.

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k8nowak Staring at an epic pile of laundry. Putting it off for one more day.

samjshah @k8nowak or you could live in new york city and drop it off at a laundromat and have them wash & fold it for you. hello FANCY SCHMANCY!

dcox21 @samjshah @k8nowak On a teacher’s salary? I send my kids down to the river with a washboard and bar of soap.

samjshah @dcox21 they have to pay us more because we live in the big city. also, i don’t have indentured servitude at my fingertips.

dcox21 @samjshah Sure you have indentured servants. You call them students. ;-)

dcox21 @samjshah You know I was kidding, right? I don’t send my kids to the river. That’d be mean. My wife goes.

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forumjoe Reading about how awesome other teachers are is just depressing.

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wmcneary @samjshah Ok, Sam, I almost hate to do this, but in watching L&O:SVU last night, one character asked, …

wmcneary @samjshah “Did you know that you are almost never more than 6 ft from a spider?”

samjshah @wmcneary you ALMOST hate to do this? you’re loving every character you typed.

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stewartn Left the 18 y.o. at home on her own for the weekend and the house isn’t even trashed. Have I taught my children NOTHING?

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sarcasymptote dear people hosting holiday BBQs, why do i have to have so many awkward conversations explaining my vegetarianism to you every time?

dcox21 @sarcasymptote Because it’s difficult to grill Quinoa.

dcox21 @sarcasymptote In that case, come on over. We’ll talk about how Applebee’s sucks.

samjshah @sarcasymptote now that @dcox21 has invited you over,i advise you visit.i didn’t, and he hasn’t yet forgiven me.he’s TOTES passiveaggressive

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dcox21 I love the teachers who, when asked about pedagogy or metacognition, say, “forget all that, I just want to teach kids to think.”

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k8nowak Let’s count all the places I’d rather be than waiting for this girl who supposedly wants help preparing for the gre.

thescamdog @k8nowak 1. Washing four bags of laundry?

samjshah @k8nowak NYC! SF! Haagen-Daaz! Applebees (jk)! Prince of Persia Movie! SATC2 Movie (jk)! Buttermilk Channel! Paris! Supreme Court!

sarcasymptote @k8nowak watching kids break boards and getting hit on by creepy dads at school talent shows?

dcox21 @k8nowak @sarcasymptote So you /were/ the one getting hit on by the creepy dad. Did you go out for coffee to, you know, clear things up?

k8nowak @samjshah I think the hilarity in that response was in the not one but two (jk)s.

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samjshah there is something so gross about eating a lot of left over pizza and watching multiple episodes of the biggest loser. and yet i can’t stop.

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samjshah @dcox21 you brave lord of the ring size spiders which can steal your children in the dead of night. #tougherthanme

dcox21 @samjshah One almost made it out the door with the baby last night. #closecall

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misscalcul8 Solution! -> RT @jonesieboy Do you have an iwb? If so, I find starting a timer counting up seems to focus them on getting started.

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CmonMattTHINK “Mr. Enlow when I looked at you just now I thought of a cheese-and-mayonnaise sandwich. I used to eat those all the time.” My students, L&G.

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misscalcul8 Does anyone notice a trend here? Dan. Kate. Sam. Shawn. E-lis-sa. Hmm….not the same ring to it.

samjshah @misscalcul8 i got it! dan mey-er; kate no-wak; sam j shah; cor-nall-ee; e-lis-sa

misscalcul8 @samjshah Am I only the one who is clapping out these syllables? Please say no.

Fouss @misscalcul8 @samjshah Nope, you’re not. :)

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k8nowak Don’t look now, but Elissa just got funny. I mean FUNNY. http://misscalculate.blogspot.com/2010/06/gr8-blogging-5-tips.html

k8nowak If God wanted you to be like them he would have made you 6’7″. I die. I die.

samjshah “can’t you just see Danny Tanner waving in a cardigan in the background? Everywhere you look, ba da bu ba ba ba” -@misscalcul8 bit.ly/9ngFsn

misscalcul8 @samjshah @k8nowak I know right. I don’t know what happened. I think school sucked all the life out of me brain. FREEDOM!! Hakuna Ma-ta-ta

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sarcasymptote I had to teach my students the word “fiddlefart” today. Come on, grandpas of the world, quit slacking! I cant do math & old man lingo!

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JackieB Brought hubby home a cookie. He says he’s going to save it for tomorrow. I don’t understand this. There is a cookie. And he’s not eating it.

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mrch0mp3rs It took genius to invent Calculus, but anyone can learn calculus and can think thoughts that greatest minds of antiquity could not. #iel2010

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dcox21 Guess Who Dressed Himself http://coxxy2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/guess-who-dressed-himself.html

approx_normal @dcox21 awesome!!! (To be honest, I actually expected to see a picture of you….)

dcox21 @approx_normal That is me. I look young for my age.

approx_normal @dcox21 my bad – the mullet pic made you look way older… Props to you for finally being able to dress yourself!! I know your wife is proud

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samjshah @k8nowak your new picture – what? WHAT? it’s colorless. stop misrepresenting yourself. ;)

SweenWSweens @samjshah Fun fact @k8nowak is a time traveler from the 50s and is actually in b&w. She colorized all her other pics.

k8nowak @samjshah Scanned outta the yearbook. I like how it looks like it’s from about 1955.

jdyer Hmm, maybe I should get a new picture to mess with Sam’s head

jbrtva @k8nowak you are from Pleasantville, too? :)

k8nowak @jbrtva I know right? Where are my pearls?!

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samjshah here are the before/after pictures from the shave/haircut… BEFORE (a.k.a. yeti/jesus sam): http://brizzly.com/pic/2N9F

samjshah AFTER (a.k.a. summer sam): http://brizzly.com/pic/2N9G

CmonMattTHINK @samjshah What’s with the sad puppy-dog look? Were you not pleased with the result?

samjshah @CmonMattTHINK unfortunately that look is my default look. i look really REALLY bad when i force smile. http://brizzly.com/pic/2N9M

Mrs_Fuller @samjshah wow, you look all serious & stuff! Whassup? Hope “summer Sam” is different from “summer of Sam”!

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k8nowak Frmr stu dropped by to tell me she didnt cause international incident & get sent home during her 8 mos in Brazil as I predicted. So proud.

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adamglesser Just finished dance party with the kids. It is unfortunate that kids learn so much about being cool from their parents. My poor poor boys.

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JackieB @Mrs_Fuller @misscalcul8 I think there is a difference between testing and assessing. I don’t think we can over assess.

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dcox21 “Holding the trophy for the first time was like holding my kid for the first time.” #c‘monreally

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approx_normal @dcox21 Off topic (of the educational “red neck”-isms), but I think you should be the next “Swagger Wagon” family. True dat. Whatcha think?

dcox21 @approx_normal When I saw that commercial, I thought it was an autobiography.

calcdave @dcox21 Getting yourself confused with others again?

dcox21 @calcdave Only you Dave, only you.

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k8nowak One of our Honors Algebra2/Trig teachers is leaving for a new school. I wonder who’s going to jump on THAT grenade. Not it.

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calcdave Alright, it’s official. I Am @dcox21 Or he’s me. Whatever…it’s just weird.

dcox21 Now that I’ve learned I’m two people, I’ll be consolidating my Twitter accounts. Our new username will be: @calcdavecox21.

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wmcneary Say you had a grade 12 math class of kids who don’t like math,but you could do *whatever* you wanted. What would you do? (via @SweenWSweens)

samjshah @wmcneary @SweenWSweens the fact that that question is so hard for me to answer is astounding to me.

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dcox21 @samjshah Great, just when I thought I knew which projects I was going to have my kids do next year, you go and drop tessellations on me.

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jreulbach @druinok Some people sneak porn, I sneak school work. LOL! “Are you doing math AGAIN?” “No, just surfing.” ; )

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jybuell Stdnt survey response”your a dick but I learned hella from you” she encapsulated my tchng philsophy nicely

jybuell Another good one”I hate how u make us actually learn. Worked so freaking hard for just a B”.

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dcox21 @samjshah Mine’s not on the list! http://yfrog.com/miaquz

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CmonMattTHINK Comments DONE. Now where was I… Oh yes. Carbon nanotubes and Eisenstein integers. Resume unhealthy obsession…

samjshah @CmonMattTHINK congratulations! now help my sister with any comments she hasn’t finished. #imagoodbrother

CmonMattTHINK @samjshah She was PROOFREADING her comments in hardcopy on Saturday, so I’m guessing she doesn’t need any help. *cough LAME cough*

samjshah @CmonMattTHINK um, she was proofreading? this is not the lastminuteprocrastinatorwhogotstraightAs i remember. #whereismysis?

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samjshah my high school is on newsweek’s rankings. #621 in the nation. http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/profile.html?key=XfVAGGMcvLmilOJhlkKitxiuEr0&state=NJ&year=2010&id=782&detailsKey=KBeFDJjQWiv-gCPuAm2ZbvUVqF0

hemantmehta @samjshah We’re #897. This is the most exciting moment of my life since–wait –I’m over it.

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alicia_anderson @samjshah My letter to graduating (from HS) sister is a bit personal to share but it’s done and was a hit. thanks for the inspiration!

alicia_anderson @samjshah My favorite piece of advice was to take a few classes outside her comfort zone.. those were some of my favs!

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samjshah thinking about it. the only math tweeps i’ve met in person: @jimwysocki @k8nowak @sarcasymptote @j_lanier @CmonMattTHINK

CardsChic @samjshah You’re ahead of me! Math tweeps met in person: 0.

jreulbach @samjshah wow! How cool! I can’t wait to go to math conferences and meet you all!

samjshah @CmonMattTHINK we should plan to meet up at a conference this year.

JackieB @samjshah @CmonMattTHINK I vote for NCTM in Indy. Or the tent-conference thingy in @dcox21‘s backyard. Or both.

CmonMattTHINK @JackieB @samjshah It’d have to be somewhat north-easternly for me. Like the Brooklyn Sour Beer Conference or something. :-)

samjshah baltimore NCTM guys. BALTIMORE!

jreulbach @samjshah I’m going to Baltimore. Already have approval from my admin. PARTY. ; )

nyates314 Agree! RT @samjshah: baltimore NCTM guys. BALTIMORE!

approx_normal @samjshah We gotta change that!! Tweeps Cruise!!! (Unless there’s someone who doesn’t wanna be “On A Boat”)

Fouss @approx_normal Oooh.. a cruise. I’m down with that.

nyates314 @approx_normal You can’t not be on a boat.

approx_normal @CmonMattTHINK @samjshah they’ve got beer ON THE BOAT…. C’mon – @fouss and @druinok are already on board. If Brett performs, @Mseiler‘s in

Fouss @approx_normal Maybe even this sour beer stuff (whatever it is) @samjshah @CmonMattThink And @MSeiler doesn’t know how to say no. He’s in.

dcox21 @samjshah @jimwysocki @k8nowak @sarcasymptote @j_lanier @cmonmattthink You had your chance last time you were out here.

mwmathews NCTM in Indy would be great, but the sour beer conf sounds better. the @dcox21 tent conf. . . .not so much.

dcox21 @JackieB @samjshah @cmonmattthink Let’s do this. We have outside access to bathrooms so you don’t have to use bushes…unless you want to.

samjshah @dcox21 all i have to say to that is http://yfrog.com/miaquz . and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNdr0AbttI&feature=player_embedded . HOLLA!

cannonsr Gosh ya’ll have been chatty tonight. Biggest thing I missed: @samjshah‘s famous sister works with @CmonMattTHINK? (Is that the connection?)

dcox21 @samjshah Phone didn’t let the first link through but: Lady Gaga:David::spiders:Sam

samjshah @dcox21 i think you’ll like the first link a lot. as for gaga, we might have to throw down. who’s with me people? WHO. IS. WITH. ME?

k8nowak @samjshah @dcox21 Dontlookitme I’m gaga-agnostic.

cannonsr @samjshah Agree that @dcox21 has to LOVE the first link. But don’t threaten the spider guy with Gaga.

cannonsr @samjshah It’s easier for him to supply you with “face your fear” experiences than other way around. Unless you have connections to the Lady

CardsChic @samjshah @dcox21 Don’t ask me. I change my mind almost daily on Gaga. Seriously!

jybuell @samjshah @dcox21 I’m with David. Californians stick together. I still harbor resentment over tupac and biggie. #californialove

dcox21 @samjshah She. Scares. Me.

jybuell @samjshah @dcox21 plus I’m jealous of all this meet up talk. Anyone for Sacramento for csta? There’s a railroad museum….

samjshah hope when i come back everyone is a little monster http://www.ladygaga.com/alejandro/video/

samjshah by the way, the video is really risque so don’t watch w/children around.

dcox21 @samjshah A little late for that. Now I’m scared and my kids have questions. Lots of questions.

CmonMattTHINK @cannonsr You are correct sir! There is much debate about which one of them is cooler. As for me, a la @k8nowak, I am shah-gnostic.

Sarah_IC @druinok Twitter cruise would be fabulous. I’ve learned so much from all of you!

jreulbach @druinok Why isn’t NCTM doing THAT? conference on a cruise. I am so in!

samjshah @CmonMattTHINK haha, i’m back, only to respond. my sister is cooler. you don’t have to be shah-gnostic.

druinok @samjshah I had no idea until tonight that you *had* a sister, let alone one that works with @CmonMattTHINK – I think that’s pretty cool!

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k8nowak I think the two months off are for getting over the despair of grading final exams.

misscalcul8@k8nowak Amen.

dcox21 @k8nowak Oy.

calcdave @k8nowak @dcox21 Vey

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CmonMattTHINK I was just told that “unless someone wants to fight me” for them, I’ll get my wish for classes next year! Oh frabjous day, calloo, callay!

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