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God’s Mercy

When God turns our mistake into a miracle, because His mercy is greater than any of our mistakes—our past doesn’t define our future, but God does.

One touch of God is enough to catapult us to our destiny, thanks to God’s mercy—just because we’ve tried and failed many times doesn’t make us a failure.

by MathPlus December 21, 2018

Number Line

One of the most popular metaphors in mathematics, which allows students to grasp the idea of the sequence of numbers—for instance, the further apart two numbers are from each other, the greater the distance between them.

The number line is a powerful visual tool that enables us to make sense of the arithmetic of integers—for example, why the difference of two negative numbers can produce a positive number.

by MathPlus December 19, 2018

Think Inside the Box

A counterintuitive, underused strategy that is seldom emphasized in generating creative solutions, compared to the oft-canned strategy of “think outside the box”—better still, if there is no box.

Unlike novices who religiously think out of the box, professionals know that breakthroughs often take place when they reluctantly think inside the box—constraints are the catalyst to creativity.

by MathPlus December 17, 2018

4G Singapore Math

Short for fourth generation math syllabus change in Singapore, since the Y2K bug. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is reverting to its old ways of controllably and uncompetitively writing its own elementary math content, instead of outsourcing the task to publishers.

Singapore’s MOE’s rationale to have an open tender in the late nineties was to allow the public to have a choice of “quality” textbooks from both local and foreign publishers, but with 4G Singapore math unfolding, teachers and parents will soon be left with zero choices.

by MathPlus December 16, 2018

Jesus, the Multiplier

When you allow Jesus’ favor, wisdom, and power to grow your small or insignificant beginnings, just as He took a boy’s “five loaves and two fish” to multiplying them to feed five thousand-odd people.

Be it your career, business, or relationship, let Jesus, the multiplier, be part of the little you have, and witness His power in multiplying them beyond your dream or imagination.

by MathPlus December 15, 2018

Make Singapore Free Again

The slogan the Opposition in Singapore fearfully want to use so that citizens and residents can criticize the authorities, or could stage public protests, without the risk of being arrested or sued.

The “fear factor” among Singaporeans to speak up and to speak out has numbed them and made them politically indifferent—with lawsuits against political critics on the rise in recent years, the Opposition’s promise to make Singapore free again is just a dream for now.

by MathPlus December 14, 2018

Grey Creativity

When creativity doesn’t fade with age, just because research shows that most people are fearful of breaking rules or challenging the authority in school and in the workplace, compared to when they were playful, uninhibited kindergartners.

Looking at the thousands of folks above fifty, who are working as advisers or consultants for successful start-ups and government agencies worldwide, this proves that grey creativity isn’t a flash in the pan.

by MathPlus December 14, 2018