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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · May 10

"For best results, weigh dry ingredients with a kitchen scale"
Me: oh, fuck off.

Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Mar 10

100% accurate.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Mar 1

Ok so I've been thinking about math assessment where instead of specific questions, it's a conversation with AI where the kid can get in the moment feedback. Does something like this exist? @ddmeyer.bsky.social

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Feb 18

Your phone can tell you the temperature of your living room, which lights are on, who's at your front door, what's in your fridge, and when the washing machine is done.
But for some reason, we still want kids to graph shit by hand.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · Feb 16

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

Her job is to remove homeless people from SF's parks. Her methods are extraordinary

Instead of forcing people out of Golden Gate Park, ranger Amanda Barrows helps them find housing.

sfstandard.com

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Feb 15

I can get an *actual* signature in Duluth, right?

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Feb 15

NOUGAT FOR LYFE

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Feb 15

I made a rat.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Jan 25

Dude, that donkey scene though...scariest cartoon scene ever

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Jan 24

I noticed today that all of the US coins on Polypad are facing backwards. There is no way to turn them around that I could find. This feels like a purposeful decision, and I'm super curious about it. #mtbos #iteachmath

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Jan 3

Burt are 2 noses and one eyeball before anyone knew.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 22

I do like to crochet. Check out Figuring Fibers.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 18

Is a circle an angle with no terminal side? #mtbos

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 11

"Trigonometry is useful because math and science!"

Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 11

Ok here's a picture of my dogs to make up for the last 2 awful, eye-piercing photos.

Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 11

And then I found this slide about where trigonometry is used and now I hate everything.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 11

Here's what you get when you Google "real life applications trigonometry pictures."
It's such a mystery why kids don't believe us when we say math is useful.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 8

Can I just list my 20 books all in a row or do I really have to tweet them one per day?

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 8

S: Maybe we should get Grandpa a replica Panthers Stanley cup for $200.
M: that's more expensive than like an actual Stanley cup.
Me: 😐

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 3

"I'm totally motivated to do math now that you told me it might useful to solve unrelated, irrelevant problems in my undefined future."

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 3

Omg. OMG

Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 3

Wait, you? Or the cat?

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 3

*tap tap
Ambitious, equitable mathematics instruction across the board will make standardized test scores irrelevant.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 1

I opened my account to Rage tweet at Cher. It was a weird time in my life, now that I think about it.

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Megan Parise Schmidt @veganmathbeagle.bsky.social · Dec 1

Do those followers count if they are no longer ON Twitter?

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