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CECA Math

When Singapore’s Opposition parties were only given a fraction of the politically charged numbers they requested from the government on the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), such as the total number of “foreign talents” from India and their family members who are presently working and living in the country, and the number of locals who benefited from the Singapore-India free trade agreement that was signed in 2005.

Singaporeans won’t lose sleep or go on strike because sensitively constipated CECA math statistics aren’t going to come out (until one day when the Opposition wins the hearts of a majority electorate)—99.99% of locals don’t need immigration figures as living proof, because they, their loved ones, or friends had seen or experienced the aftermath of this one-sided deal first-hand.

by MathPlus July 18, 2021

MAGA in Cheat

Also known as “MAGA-in-Chief” to ex-president Trump’s hardcore white supporters, who believe that their “anointed” boss lost the election due to “fraudulent” black votes. A notorious title that was unprovenly conferred by both world and religious leaders, who breathed a sign of relief when the corrupt president was rejected and ejected from the White House, whom they also nicknamed as “Commander in Cheat.”

No US President or head of state has received so many titles other than North Korean dictator-and-murderer Kim Jong-un: Liar-in-Chief, Pinocchio-in-Chief, Fraudster-in-Chief, …, MAGA in Cheat, Insurrectionist-in-Chief, White Supremacist-in-Chief, to cite a few common ones.

by MathPlus July 17, 2021

COVID

Short for “Christ Or Vaccines In Doubt.” When believers living in developing countries, most of which have a low percentage of their population being inoculated, can look up to God to protect them against the coronavirus; or they can resort to creative ways, or hope for some rich countries’ donations, for their jabs.

For Psalm 91 believers who long to get a Covid-19 shot, the choice of vaccination is decided: COVID!

by MathPlus July 17, 2021

Covid-Free

An invisible sticker that is pasted on any Christian by their Protector, Deliverer, and Healer, as promised in Psalm 91, where God promises to shield all believers who abide in Him from any pandemic, plague, or pestilence.

When the devil works overtime to make you doubt whether or not you are really under God’s protection because of your sins or addictions, just show him your Covid-free sticker.

by MathPlus July 16, 2021

Malay Math

When Singapore’s affirmative action allows Malay students to pay zero school fees all the way up to their tertiary education, which has raised the mathematical proficiency of the Malay community over the decades—Malay math students, of which 99⁺% are Muslims, have fared reasonably well in international comparative studies like TIMSS and PISA vis-à-vis their foreign counterparts, albeit they still have some catching up to do compared to their local peers from other races.

Years ago, based on some TIMSS rankings, a Malay cabinet minister had figured out that Singapore Malay students are unofficially among the “world’s top ten,” which positively suggests that Malay math policies have helped raise the quantitative literacy of the Malay or Muslim community in Singapore.

by MathPlus July 15, 2021

Kosong Math

Math titles that come with zero hints and solutions, which is usually a no-no or put-off even for above-average students, who want to study the solutions of brain-unfriendly questions to hone their mathematical problem-solving skills—“kosong” is the Malay word for zero.

It’s not surprising that no matter how creative or fertile the math questions in some kosong math books are, few teachers, much less parents or homeschoolers, are attracted to buying them, which is a double blow for both authors and publishers, which ought to know better that zero solutions often translates into low or no sales.

by MathPlus July 15, 2021

Weapon of Mask Destruction

When the individual right to liberty and freedom as part of human rights gives people the choice to decide whether or not to wear a face mask, especially if the authorities have made mask wearing mandatory for everyone in public places—in practice, they could be fined or jailed (or even caned in some extreme cases) for refusing to don a mask.

In a number of red states, millions of hardcore Trumpublicans have used personal, religious, or political freedom as their weapon of mask destruction—they’re not going to bow down to “mask oppression” even if a jail imprisonment awaits them for their repeated social disobedience.

by MathPlus July 15, 2021