Donald J. Trump’s frighteningly callous or cold-hearted message to Americans not to let the coronavirus control their lives, as if they could just utter a simple prayer for it to go away, for he is the living proof that he has triumphed over the virus thanks to 24/7 world-class medical care and “compassionate drugs,” which very few of them would get access to.
President Trump’s “Don’t be afraid of Covid.” tweet is not only offensive or repugnant to the families and friends of the 210,000-odd people who had died, and of the 7.5 millions who were infected, of Covid-19, but also irresponsible or ill-advised to those who are struggling to protect themselves and those around them.
by MathPlus October 06, 2020
Short-term success in math, whereby exam-smart teachers and tutors drill or spoon-feed students, by getting them to memorize modeled solutions of questions that are likely to appear in the coming examination based on previously set questions from past exam papers.
It’s not surprising that most university students in Singapore, who are reading for a degree in math, struggle with their courses because they grew up on mathematical steroids in high school.
by MathPlus December 08, 2021
When exam-smart students have near-zero choice but to regurgitate the model solutions promoted by their teachers or tutors, because there is hardly any time for them to think through most brain-unfriendly questions if they want to score a decent grade, much less question the questions.
With so many topics to cover and so little time to master the concepts, teachers and parents have come to terms that the only way for students to minimize failure and to maximize success is to reluctantly embrace made-in-Singapore math.
by MathPlus November 04, 2020
A patented 3D glass structure that embodies both feminine curvature and phallic symbolism—its sensual shape makes it a collectible of choice among both lay and serious bottle collectors.
by MathPlus November 23, 2021
Juicy talks in mathematical circles on who are working on which projects or proofs, or who have been offered tenure, especially among the “office politicians” who were unprovenly promoted based on their close or intimate relationship with the boss rather than on their published papers and teaching awards.
Stabbing each other on the back, bitching about promoted or demoted fellow colleagues, and the like are part and parcel of tabloid math conversation, which preoccupies the minds of thousands of frustrated or marginalized mathematicians at lunchtime.
by MathPlus March 09, 2021
The slogan that portrays President Trump as a con man in the White House, whose billionaire image is a sham: an inept businessman and a serial tax avoider, who paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 each—a figure that is far less than what millions of blue-collar Americans are paying—but would deduct $70,000 to take care of his hair.
Teachers, nurses, and cooks, most of whom paid much more than $750 in tax, are protesting by wearing a T-shirt that says “I paid more income taxes than Donald Trump.” to expose his fake riches and financial shenanigans.
by MathPlus September 28, 2020
A label for a pro-Trump white racist and supremacist turned terrorist—named after Donald J. Trump’s radicalized diehard supporters who staged a coup at the Capitol hoping to extend his stay at the White House.
by MathPlus February 23, 2021