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Short for “origami mask.” The art of making a face mask using origami paper (and string or rubber band if you don’t mind wearing it to make some kind of political, religious, or social statement to attract attention).
by MathPlus December 5, 2020
Get the Origaskmug. An agile math curriculum that often incorporates the best math methodologies and pedagogies of the East and the West, by distilling them into cheap and good textbooks and workbooks for students worldwide, compared to those dear, inch-deep, mile-wide US textbooks.
Singapore Math could arguably be called the Uber of math education, based on the increasing number of developed and developing countries that have adopted the alien curriculum; as a result, thousands of students’ math grades have improved significantly over the years.
by MathPlus December 1, 2018
Get the The Uber of Math Educationmug. Math word problems of yesteryear that condones white racism or supremacism, such as the ungodly relationship between masters and slaves, lords and peasants, or colonizers and savages.
An 1814 issue of “The Analyst” poses the following slavery math problem: “If out of a cargo of 600 slaves, 200 die during a passage of 6 weeks from Africa to the West Indies; how long must the passage be that one half the cargo may perish? Supposing the degree of mortality to be the same throughout the passage, that is, the number of deaths at any time to be proportional to the living at the same time.”
by MathPlus November 10, 2020
Get the Slavery Mathmug. A killer that has garnered undue attention vis-à-vis other global killers like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), diabetes, and cancers, as a large number of the middle-class and some wealthy families and celebrities in the developed world have disproportionately been affected.
Unlike other main causes of death that mostly affect the poor and the marginalized in the developing countries every year, COVID-19 appears to be a great leveler in indiscriminately choosing its victims—for example, it is blind to people’s race, religion, or social status.
by MathPlus June 27, 2021
Get the COVID-19mug. When someone dextrously or magically uses the fingers of both hands and a lit candle in a dark room to form the silhouette of Donald J. Trump, as a metaphor to expose the unethical or shady acts of the ex-president behind the scenes.
The registration for the Trump Shadow Contest, scheduled to be held this Christmas, is now open to all, regardless of their faith or political affiliation.
by MathPlus July 12, 2021
Get the Trump Shadowmug. A teaching format that effectively prepares students to the test: worked examples followed by lots of practice on similar questions—algorithmic mastery over conceptual fluency.
Average teachers just love drill-and-kill math, because it gives oft-low self-esteem kids the illusion that they've mastered the concepts—teachers are happy, students gain self-confidence, and parents are pleased with the decent grades.
by MathPlus April 18, 2017
Get the Drill-and-Kill Mathmug. Short for “negative editor.” A “word doctor” who messes up a manuscript, by creating more work and headache for everyone else—he adds in more shit to an oft-shitty raw manuscript.
Dr. Smith gave up on his publisher after the management refused to change the neditor, who was assigned to his math project.
by MathPlus May 3, 2018
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