“…and seeing where their ideas take us. If you want to become a good teacher, a good thing to focus on now is really making sure you understand your groupmates’ reasoning, asking clarifying questions as needed, and building on those ideas.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“…and seeing where their ideas take us. If you want to become a good teacher, a good thing to focus on now is really making sure you understand your groupmates’ reasoning, asking clarifying questions as needed, and building on those ideas.”
I don’t know if this does too much to reinforce his self-image as a teacher but I’d be tempted to say something like “one of the skills that has been most useful for me as a teacher is being able to really listen to and understand students’ reasoning, especially when it’s different from my own, …”
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don’t know if this does too much to reinforce his self-image as a teacher but I’d be tempted to say something like “one of the skills that has been most useful for me as a teacher is being able to really listen to and understand students’ reasoning, especially when it’s different from my own, …”
Thinking about this more, I think maybe the answer is really that you can probably structure your sentence so that the word you want is “second”.
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thinking about this more, I think maybe the answer is really that you can probably structure your sentence so that the word you want is “second”.
I don’t think there’s a single word for that. It’s “not the next one, but the one after that.” I could imagine saying “the next-next one” conversationally, but only after having established the “not the next one” part somehow.
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don’t think there’s a single word for that. It’s “not the next one, but the one after that.” I could imagine saying “the next-next one” conversationally, but only after having established the “not the next one” part somehow.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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You’ve already got a lot of data on this, but to add a bit more: I do a lot of evaluation of calc I courses for deciding transfer credit. We don’t cover this topic, so I don’t look super closely, but I feel confident that I almost never see it on exams or even very detailed learning outcomes lists.
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You’ve already got a lot of data on this, but to add a bit more: I do a lot of evaluation of calc I courses for deciding transfer credit. We don’t cover this topic, so I don’t look super closely, but I feel confident that I almost never see it on exams or even very detailed learning outcomes lists.
Looks like arctan(1/sqrt(3pi-1)). About .33 radians or 19ish degrees. I have...no useful intuition for this answer. The most astonishing part here is that I succeeded in calculating this by hand on the first try without making mistakes, which I wouldn't have believed without checking it with Desmos.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Looks like arctan(1/sqrt(3pi-1)). About .33 radians or 19ish degrees. I have...no useful intuition for this answer. The most astonishing part here is that I succeeded in calculating this by hand on the first try without making mistakes, which I wouldn't have believed without checking it with Desmos.
I managed to write “ceratian” on the blackboard today, which I also thought was pretty impressive.
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I managed to write “ceratian” on the blackboard today, which I also thought was pretty impressive.
My school district didn’t use the label gifted but it was such a culturally common term that I remember being aware in elementary school that our ELP (…Extended(??) Learning Program) was what our district called our gifted & talented program.
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My school district didn’t use the label gifted but it was such a culturally common term that I remember being aware in elementary school that our ELP (…Extended(??) Learning Program) was what our district called our gifted & talented program.
Also, it may be worth letting them know that it’s possible to accidentally have these things create something that looks to the student like a run-of-the mill letter but for the professor might read like the academic equivalent of having your lawyer write a letter threatening to sue.
September 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Also, it may be worth letting them know that it’s possible to accidentally have these things create something that looks to the student like a run-of-the mill letter but for the professor might read like the academic equivalent of having your lawyer write a letter threatening to sue.
I would also tell them that you’re going to take their messages as a good-faith effort to communicate with you and you’ll do your best to engage with whatever they’re trying to communicate about, so they don’t need to worry that you’ll judge them for things like grammatical errors.
September 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I would also tell them that you’re going to take their messages as a good-faith effort to communicate with you and you’ll do your best to engage with whatever they’re trying to communicate about, so they don’t need to worry that you’ll judge them for things like grammatical errors.
the Potawatomi perspective on this is: why do we need a whole special word just to indicate that we’re asking for something politely? Why wouldn’t that just be the standard assumption?
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the Potawatomi perspective on this is: why do we need a whole special word just to indicate that we’re asking for something politely? Why wouldn’t that just be the standard assumption?
I read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer this summer and one anecdote that stuck with me is that missionaries thought it was a sign of incivility that Potawatomi has no word for “please”, but…
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer this summer and one anecdote that stuck with me is that missionaries thought it was a sign of incivility that Potawatomi has no word for “please”, but…
“For any” is the real problem though.
August 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“For any” is the real problem though.
Fun fact: the short story was written first. The author started writing a short story prequel online as a free gift to her readers and then like it just kept growing until it ended up turning into an entire book.
August 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fun fact: the short story was written first. The author started writing a short story prequel online as a free gift to her readers and then like it just kept growing until it ended up turning into an entire book.
About what your therapist means.
Like what does it mean to operate safely in the world and is that even a thing one can do?
Does this mean most people are going around making decisions based on feelings instead of thinking through consequences?
Actually, that would explain some things.
Like what does it mean to operate safely in the world and is that even a thing one can do?
Does this mean most people are going around making decisions based on feelings instead of thinking through consequences?
Actually, that would explain some things.
August 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
About what your therapist means.
Like what does it mean to operate safely in the world and is that even a thing one can do?
Does this mean most people are going around making decisions based on feelings instead of thinking through consequences?
Actually, that would explain some things.
Like what does it mean to operate safely in the world and is that even a thing one can do?
Does this mean most people are going around making decisions based on feelings instead of thinking through consequences?
Actually, that would explain some things.
Um.
………I have questions?
………I have questions?
August 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Um.
………I have questions?
………I have questions?
I feel like there's *got* to be a T. Kingfisher book I should be recommending. Maybe Swordheart?
August 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I feel like there's *got* to be a T. Kingfisher book I should be recommending. Maybe Swordheart?
A part of me wants to recommend Roan Parrish's In the Middle of Somewhere, because the narrator/protagonist absolutely qualifies, but I'm not sure the story is what you're looking for right now--it's a contemporary romance and some of the backstories are kind of heavy-handed?
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A part of me wants to recommend Roan Parrish's In the Middle of Somewhere, because the narrator/protagonist absolutely qualifies, but I'm not sure the story is what you're looking for right now--it's a contemporary romance and some of the backstories are kind of heavy-handed?
Django Wexler's How to Become a Dark Lord and Die Trying is on my mental TBR list and might fit? Has a number of things in common with Long Live Evil
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Django Wexler's How to Become a Dark Lord and Die Trying is on my mental TBR list and might fit? Has a number of things in common with Long Live Evil
Alexis Hall's Kate Kane series is like "what if Buffy grew up to be Jessica Jones but queer." I've only actually read the first one though.
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Alexis Hall's Kate Kane series is like "what if Buffy grew up to be Jessica Jones but queer." I've only actually read the first one though.
- I haven't read her Demon's Lexicon series in awhile. It has snark and...a character who satisfies some of the things you're looking for but I'm not sure how quickly that becomes clear.
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
- I haven't read her Demon's Lexicon series in awhile. It has snark and...a character who satisfies some of the things you're looking for but I'm not sure how quickly that becomes clear.
- Maybe some of Sarah Rees Brennan's other books. I didn't really connect with Long Live Evil when I tried it, and I don't think it ticks as many checkboxes, but it does have an emotionally distant and snarky protagonist.
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
- Maybe some of Sarah Rees Brennan's other books. I didn't really connect with Long Live Evil when I tried it, and I don't think it ticks as many checkboxes, but it does have an emotionally distant and snarky protagonist.
HMMM.
Nothing else I'm as sure about as in Other Lands, but here are some to at least look at...
Nothing else I'm as sure about as in Other Lands, but here are some to at least look at...
August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
HMMM.
Nothing else I'm as sure about as in Other Lands, but here are some to at least look at...
Nothing else I'm as sure about as in Other Lands, but here are some to at least look at...
Yes, I would agree that that’s a common feature.
August 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yes, I would agree that that’s a common feature.