Fasters's definitions

Pinocchio Publishing

This is the name a number of educational publishing houses, owned by oft-morally bankrupt bosses ought to call their company, who unspokenly expect their editorial team to behave unethically to justify their obscene pay and those of their family members.

How many local family-owned publishers and foreign publishers in Singapore meet the criteria of a “Pinocchio Publishing” company?

by Fasters April 22, 2022

(🙈 🙉 🙊) 🔢

Short for “See-no-evil-hear-no-evil-speak-no-evil Math.” Emojis that caution students and their parents in conservative circles not to entertain any form of multicultural math, because it will adulterate the contributions of white mathematicians, or elevate the mathematical heritage of non-Western mathematicians.

MAGA Teacher: “What does “(🙈 🙉 🙊) 🔢” mean?”

Foreign Student: “No woke math!”

by Fasters April 10, 2023

Not All Pi’s Are Created Equal.

When the number pi looks so different when she dresses up in various typefaces or fonts (regular, italic, bold, bold-italic)—her facial expression or mood changes in different typographical settings.

Unlike in Helvetica or Times New Roman, the number pi looks quasi-unrecognizable in Avenir Next, be it in regular, italic, or bold. They’re not being critical when they commented that not all pi’s are created equal.

by Fasters November 17, 2022

Lockdown

A flowery term for “home jail”—when people are only allowed to go out to buy food or to obtain “essential services,” such as buying guns, getting tattooed, and dog grooming, in the fastest possible time, while interacting with the least number of people to avoid infecting them with the virus.

A lockdown comes in different shapes and sizes, which is based on the country’s infection rate and death toll (and whether its head of state, governor, or mayor is running for a reelection before year end).

by Fasters April 29, 2020

Faith Is a Feeling.

Not the faith described in the Bible, which doesn’t depend on the storms and successes of life, but rather is based on the unshakable (certain, secure, and sure) promises found in the Word of God—faith is the substance (or assurance) of things hoped for, the evidence (or conviction) of things not seen, as revealed in Hebrews 11:1.

If “faith is a feeling.”—which is dictated by emotions resulting from the ebb and flow of life—it’s no surprise that this kind of fleeting or worldly faith doesn’t resonate with those who demand proof before belief.

by Fasters November 28, 2022

3 = 2 + 1

A numerical relationship or statement most kindergarteners and younger elementary school students would reject as being an equation, because in their minds the “answer” or the “sum” must always be on the right side of an equation.

When grades 1–3 students don’t consider numerical liaisons like 3 = 2 + 1 and 1 = 3 – 2 as valid equations or mathematical sentences, their responses reveal a fair bit about their thinking processes.

by Fasters May 8, 2022

.

A punctuation mark known as period (in the U.S.) or full stop (in the U.K.). A tiny dot that has traditionally been used to end sentences and for abbreviations (such as B.C., A.D., and etc.), but has since evolved to rule the digital dot-com universe (via domain names), to write decimals, and (in Europe) to separate numbers in thousands (€ 7.000.000).

How many uses of “.” in mathematics and science can you name?

by Fasters May 26, 2022