MathPlus's definitions

Singapore

The destination of choice for millionaires and billionaires from Indonesia, China, India, Europe, and the United States during the pandemic, because of the island state’s relative low infection, mortality, and crime rates, compared to the rest of the developed world, where white racism or supremacism, nativism, and xenophobia, often condoned by right-wing inept politicians, are at an all-time high.

More than a tax haven for the filthy rich from both the East and the West, Singapore is now a “corona sanctuary” for the wealthy and the celebrities escaping the ravages of the pandemic sweeping their countries, whose oft-ill-run health systems leave much to be desired.

by MathPlus July 4, 2021

Blind Faith

When the ghosts of atheists, agnostics, or nominal believers who had their lives cut short by the pandemic on earth would still visit their place of worship every week or month to pray for themselves and their loved ones, while they are waiting in transit for the outcome of their eternal home.

Dave’s spirit, who was rekindled by blind faith, would show up on the first and fifteenth days at the temple to pray for the gods and goddesses of good health and prosperity to bless his siblings and schoolmates, and sometimes even for his bosses-turned-bullies.

by MathPlus March 18, 2022

COVID-19

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

Slavery Math

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

The Uber of Math Education

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

Scissors Math

When math publishers resort to retrenching editors and shelving new manuscripts in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, thus shattering the dream of both novice and seasoned math writers.

In spite of financial assistance from the government to help businesses save jobs, a number of family-owned publishers worldwide are enacting scissors math measures on the pretext of preventing their companies from going under.

by MathPlus February 17, 2021

Math Con-sultant

A symbol-minded person who knows all 64 main intimate positions, including their 200+ variations, but struggles to get a date except with bots or digital dolls.

Guesstimate how many folks in academia, who consult or moonlight for publishing houses worldwide, are in fact math con-sultants, whose names on textbook covers could potentially yield a higher adoption rate among local or regional schools, especially among titles-minded teachers and parents.

by MathPlus May 1, 2023