Fasters's definitions

Polygamist Opportunist

Someone who promiscuously or loosely invests their time in no fewer than four businesses, hoping that some of them would be obscenely profitable.

By not being faithful to his main business of halal products, polygamist opportunist Hamid got his fingers badly burned by partnering with “infidel” partners into the roller-coaster crypto business.

by Fasters August 18, 2023

Wootube

The videos of live lessons by Australian superstar high school math teacher, Eddie Woo, who has successfully put the magic in math, and his YouTube channel that woos educators with classroom teaching ideas and interviews about mathematics.

Considering his difficult formative years when he’s frequently bullied and discriminated in the predominantly white school milieu he’s in, and taking into account that math wasn’t his favorite school subject, Wootube is nothing short of a miracle—a living proof that God took notice when others meant to harm Eddie, and today He’s rewarding him with a double portion of His blessing.

by Fasters July 9, 2022

Tokenized Math

When math collectibles (coins & stamps, vintage puzzles & toys, out-of-print books & classics, and antique measuring instruments & calculators), math cards, urban math definitions, IMO or Fields medals, NFTs, memes, and the like can be broken up into smaller parts that can be sold individually, thus making fractional ownership of both digital or physical assets possible.

Guesstimate how much the global tokenized math business could be worth if collectors started to trade their precious assets in the metaverse.

by Fasters July 16, 2022

From Scars to Stars

When you stop dwelling on the wrongs others did to you and decide to forgive them, God wants to free you from any sense of blame, disgrace, or humiliation, and puts on you new labels like “Anointed,” “Valuable,” and “Masterpiece” to bless and reward you that you won’t remember the past injustices done to you.

The life of Joseph, as recounted in the Bible, who was thrown into a pit to die, then sold by his brothers to slavery, and later wrongly accused and imprisoned for not acceding to his boss’s wife’s sexual favors were some of his scars; however, Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams while in prison, his appointment by Pharaoh to rule over Egypt, and rescuing his own brothers from famine were some of his stars. Joseph was someone who went from scars to stars—from pit to prison to palace.

by Fasters July 18, 2022

The Bastardization of Singapore Math

When foreign countries discreetly incorporate the best of the Singapore math curriculum, such as the bar or stack model method, learning experiences, and big ideas, into their own local curriculum, by adopting it as their stepchild, where cross-fertilization of local and foreign ideas occasionally results in an aha! by-product.

Thanks to the bastardization of Singapore math, the US Common Core Math had given birth to a few beautiful methodological and pedagogical offsprings in math education, much to the delight of local math educators who follow closely how their foreign counterparts are creatively adopting some of the problem-solving visualization strategies.

by Fasters July 19, 2022

E-pi-phany

When someone has an aha! reaction about the number π, which is often experienced through a dream, in a shower, or while walking the dog.

Trump confided to his golf buddies that he recently experienced an e-pi-phany, when he woke up in the middle of the night to realize that he’s been duped by some evangelicals in his trusted circle to believe that the true value of π is three—the fake “biblical” value is way off from 22/7, which is a close approximation to its actual value.

by Fasters July 24, 2022

Pi Clock

A normal clock in which the numerals representing the numbers 1 to 12 have been replaced by only three irrational numbers, positioned at π, 2π, and 3π.

What is the acute angle measure when the minute hand of a pi clock points exactly at 2π while the hour hand has moved past 3π—or when the time is slightly past 9:30? Answer: 97.3°.

by Fasters July 30, 2022