When you compare a big Tic Tac with a little Tic Tac, which obviously sell at different prices due to their sizes, to define inflation, rather than comparing the prices of two boxes of Tic Tacs of the same size at different times.
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Just as the principles of McDonaldization has been applied to the church and religion, mathepreneurs aren’t shy to apply the grobalization of Singapore math to colonize math education around the globe.
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Get the The Grobalization of Singapore Math mug.When someone realizes that the number of zeros in their bank account can’t secure them a ticket to heaven (even if they donate their wealth or part of it to others as a proof of their generosity), who will leave this side of heaven with a big fat zero at their last heartbeat.
Billionaire Xeno was praised for being zero-wise when he decided to leave his inheritance to no fewer than ten charities—his life philosophy is that he came with nothing and will leave with nothing.
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Get the Zero-Wise mug.When exposure to, or meditation on, the number π has the potential of bringing mental, emotional, or spiritual benefits to the practitioner, even those who pride themselves of not being a “math person.”
Like maggot therapy, pi therapy is inexpensively or therapeutically effective in soothing the oft-stressed geeky mind, which is often inundated with misinformation or disinformation coming from all angles of the information superhighway.
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Thanks to the bar model method, millions of homeschoolers outside the “fine” city with the death penalty could testify to the aha! moments they’d experienced time and time again, compared to their peers who’re too shy to experiment with the visualization strategy.
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Get the Bar Model Method mug.This is what happens to your enemies (competitors, critics, naysayers, hypocrites, trollers, haters, hackers, …) when you are on the same side as the God of Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac, or shielded by the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)—and protected by an invisible army of angelic beings against the dark or evil forces.
Jealousy and envy against God’s children are expected, but they needn’t worry or fear, because the spiritual forces against them are outnumbered by God’s legions of spiritual warriors.
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The pinaissance has opened new business opportunities for mathepreneurs to propagate the gospel of π in popular culture.
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