MathPlus's definitions

Mathematically Playful

When a math educator desires to be creative, purposeful, and challenged in teaching or sharing math to the best of their abilities—for example, submitting some math tidbit or irreverent math entry to Urban Dictionary to humanize the most disliked subject in school.

Being mathematically playful might win you a number of fans and friends, but it often triggers an unhealthy climate of envy and jealousy among your fiends and foes, who will serially and wickedly downvote any published math entries at the slightest opportunity, thus immaturely exposing their deep hatred and irrational fear.

by MathPlus February 2, 2019

Trump Stress Syndrome

When people are anxious or stressed by the tweets, white lies, and actions of President Trump, who might affect them and their families—for example, children of illegal immigrants are fearful what might happen to their parents if the president signs a law to send back all aliens.

Those who become anxious by just thinking about the idiotic and idiosyncratic Donald need to learn not to be a victim of the Trump Stress Syndrome, which could have a detrimental effect on their mental or psychological well-being.

by MathPlus February 5, 2019

The Numerology of Donald Trump

When astrologers and feng shui masters figure out the “good” and “bad” days of the 45th President of the United States from his birthdate and the zodiac—in Chinese numerology, baby Trump was born in the Year of the Dog.

Emperor Xi and gang consulted the fengshui gurus in Beijing to find out about the numerology of Donald Trump—they wanted to know when his “lucky” and “unlucky” days in the Year of the Pig would be in order to schedule their trade meetings with him.

by MathPlus February 18, 2019

Business Math

When a country capitalizes on its brand of math education, which often incorporates the best teaching and learning practices around the world, to benefit both local and foreign math educators financially.

Singapore math is an example of a good business math model, which has made a dent in the world of mathematics education—Singapore’s math textbooks have earned both local and foreign publishers millions of dollars over the last two decades.

by MathPlus February 18, 2019

Alibaba Graduate

A recipient of the postgraduate computer science scholarship, offered by the Chinese tech Alibaba, which is notorious for condoning fake and pirated goods on its e-commerce site—one who could be recruited as a “rogue hacker” or cyber terrorist for the Chinese Communist Party.

As a recent Alibaba graduate from Singapore, Jack couldn’t turn down the million-dollar job offer to work for one of Alibaba’s security departments, where he’s unspokenly expected to hack foreign IT systems to steal intelligence information for China’s military.

by MathPlus September 4, 2018

Everyone is a fake

Not just Donald Trump, but practically everyone who has ever achieved some degree of worldly success, is a charlatan—people improvise as they go along, hoping that luck and success would conspire to be on their side until they become somebody blessed with many friends (and fiends and foes).

The biographies of many successful people reveal that when faced with hit-and-hope situations, they can’t help but to bluff or fake their way through until they make it—an oft-unspoken common denominator among many rich and famous people is that everyone is a fake at some point, when they’re still a nobody.

by MathPlus September 5, 2018

Data Discrimination

The use of big data to discriminate against those who don’t have a “good credit score” in public—for example, an insurance company might charge someone a higher premium because they live in a crime-infested area, or in a region with a high percentage of loan defaulters or smokers.

Big data and social media companies, which collect data on people’s profiles and purchasing behaviors and credit-worthiness, are unethically selling these sensitive information to banks and insurance companies, which in turn apply data discrimination against potential clients.

by MathPlus September 5, 2018