A list of some of my favorite tweets, chronologically listed from long ago to today…

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calcdave How often do I have to slow down when writing sec x to make sure nothing distracting goes on the board?

k8nowak @calcdave one time I taught a whole volume/surface area problem about a “10 inch rod” before I noticed the whole precalc class was DYING.

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samjshah one of my advisees asked me what 111,111,111 times 111,111,111. i spouted off the answer without even a second thought. all kids: IMPRESSED.

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druinok Is it sad that a few months ago I scoffed at the idea of twitter, now I find it a professional lifeline?

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samjshah “What kind of pole is short and floppy?” Yes, that is the question of the factoring joke sheet I’m handing out. Guesses about answers?

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msgregson kids were especially loud and talkative today … i asked why … they said “because you woke us up with quadratics!!” hah, they are funny.

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calcdave The most disappointing thing about presenting a lesson poorly is when the kids don’t even realize.

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k8nowak It boggles my mind that geometry kids who want to use the pythagorean thm for EVERYTHING have no ideas for finding the diagonal of a square.

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samjshah just started grading a calc exam, and thought “what nice handwriting.” turns out, i was grading the key i created.

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samjshah why is it that when i have only 5 tests left to grade, i need to take a break. it’s like running a race, and walking the last 10 feet.

samjshah to which my friends will laugh… sam, run? REALLY? hahaha. yes, i might never have run in my life, but i hold the analogy still rings true.

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calcdave How fun is the word “minimum” to write in cursive, eh guys?

SweenWSweens @calcdave What’s cursive?

calcdave @SweenWSweens It’s like recursive, but only once, I think.

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alicia_anderson @pepepacha One of my favorite lines: “Twitter is like some huge, noisy teacher’s lounge, like the type I always imagined…”

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misscalcul8 Student quote of the day: “This is definitely a ghetto public school; even the teachers rap.” Thank you @SweenWSweens =)

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k8nowak #ilostaschoolaptopandibrokemyfingerandmykidsthinksqrt(a^2+b^2)=a+bandi’moutofcl

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SweenWSweens @jbrtva @jimwysocki I hide easy extra credit randomly in the middle of directions. They usually learn after they miss it the first time.

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k8nowak Spending my evening figuring out why the 7-day exponents/exponential functions unit turned into a 12-day unit in the new Alg2 curriculum.

samjshah @k8nowak your evening sounds … um … well, at least you have your health!

k8nowak @samjshah All the single ladies. Put your hands up.

samjshah @k8nowak don’t the single ladies go to the club? in their dereon jeans? or is it in the 3rd verse they analyze exponent lyrics.

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busynessgirl How is it that Calculus students do not know sqrt(1) is 1 ?

k8nowak @busynessgirl You found us out. It’s a big conspiracy. We keep it a secret from them, as a fun little surprise when they get to you.

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dcox21“Do I still get a cookie if I apologize?” — Aidan, 4

calcdave @dcox21 I’m sorry, too! (holds out hand)

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samjshah” I’m not an English teacher! You can tell because I’m not wearing cool shoes and I don’t give hugs.” –@k8nowak (c. 2009)

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amfago today one of my students brought me a chocolate ruler and a chocolate protractor…made my day!

calcdave @amfago You can have 2 inches or 30 degrees of chocolate tonight and save the rest for tomorrow.

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divbyzero New Years resolution: do such a good job teaching that my students dump Gatorade over my head at the end of the semester.

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k8nowak Moved the trash can next to a (totally silent) girl’s chair about 30 seconds before she threw up. I’d like to see a remote lecturer do that.

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k8nowak We have a club for that. It’s called everybody. We meet at the bar. RT @dcox21: RT @shareski: Some days I feel like I suck at my job.

dcox21 .@k8nowak Problem is, I never sucked until I met all you guys. Thanks “everybody.”

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CmonMattTHINK @samjshah I was afraid of that ;) Srsly though, I’m not 1/2 the content-machine that, say, @k8nowak is. I fly by the seat of my pants 2 much

k8nowak @CmonMattTHINK You should see me in action. I could open up a miles rewards card for the seat of my pants.

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dcox21 Student: “Holy shift! Look at the asymptote on that mother function.” Not sure how to respond.

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Fouss @samjshah Told my hubby about your e-mail. He said “Is that the guy who wears the t-shirts?” :)

cannonsr @Fouss I love that your husband knows about the wardrobes of your twitter friends.