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Ash Ketchum did it. He completed the Pokemon League, he has caught all the Pokemon in the world and he is now the strongest Pokemon trainer ever to be in existence. Years has passed and Ash and his rival Gary have taken on new names to help keep the world's most diabolical criminal organizations in check. Ash has become R.E.D and Gary has become B.L.U.E. After obtaining his new name, Red, went to Mt. Silver to continue to train his Pokemon to make sure that he is forever the best Pokemon trainer to ever live. Blue on the other hand, has become a Gym Leader in Viridian City and a researcher.
One day while Blue was out at night getting things for his mother he noticed a Team Rocket member and a Team Plasma member conversating about a meeting for Gramps. Blue became worried and instantly formed an organization known as the Elite. The Elite formed bases in each of the regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova gaining masters from each region as well. These Pokemon masters have dedicated their lives to protecting the public and pokemon from the evil that is threatening to take over the land.
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**And i know how much this animation is similar to some animes and I've been explaining since the 2nd episode. This series is never about originality in the first place.
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Superhero Slayers Reel 4
In this episode the focus is back on the Fantastic Four and the X-men.
The Superheroes will continue their battle against the unknown enemies.
This episode is kind of a continuation of the previous episode, which is too long so i cut them off and put it as an individual episode, Hence the short length and the fast pace.
It took me really long, mostly because of school and outside work. I'm so glad its now finally completed.
Although it is another build-up episode, but it is shorter and more compact than the previous one.
And sorry for the lack of plot progress, the lack of originality and change of style, since this project started out for me to practice my animation skills and technique, the style is therefore visibly different in each episode.
Thanks all the VAs for lending their voices.
Thanks D-mac and Shard for working with me on this project again.
I'll probably be working on more original projects from now on, so I'm really not sure how will the future of this series goes.
Hope you enjoy watching!
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 29, 2010
Damn cliffhanger.
i enjoy this series.Great potential and shows great promise.hell i watched the first 3 and was always waiting for the 4th.Keep up the great work and hope the next part will be better.love the voices by the way.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars August 29, 2010
i wouldnt say this is the best animation ever but i really did enjoy this keep it up! :)(::)(::)(::)
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 29, 2010
you just made a fan
The voices and animations are great. The story line is interesting. You are doing a great job.
Rated 4 / 5 stars August 29, 2010
this is good but,
the animation is good the story is good but one thing that threw me off, the hand signs? rly why did you ruin it with a naruto spoof ok you made it work but sry lol ive seen this too many times but hey i like it it even has the naruto style to the Summoner himself
Hmm my original inspiration for that character is not from Naruto, but a character from a HK drama. In fact, summoning with hand signs are pretty common on Asian stories, it just happened that Naruto is more popular worldwide. Plus my villain looks Narutoish as well which i gotta admit. But i just can't change his looks since he already appeared in a couple of episodes.
Thanks for watching anyway! :)
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars August 29, 2010
So this is what I think...
I don't usually give reviews but this series caught my eye, maybe it's because I'm half drunk, I don't know...
I really think you have something here story wise so you should definitely see it to the end. The only disappointment for me is animation but the story allows for it. As for the resource material, it has holes, but nobody's perfect and everyone is a critic.
You're series has me eagerly waiting the next instalment, much love.


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On Sunday we had an Oscars-viewing party. My sister was in town, and she is an excellent baker (my theory: science people are superior bakers, and humanities people are better at other types of cooking….discuss?)
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Bacon-Pineapple Fried Orzo
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5 cups cooked orzo
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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
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In large saute pan or wok over medium-high heat, cook bacon until crisp and remove to a paper towel-lined plate. When cooled, crumble. Drain bacon fat, wipe pan clean and lightly coat with canola oil. Over medium heat, saute garlic, ginger, scallions and pineapple. Add orzo, ponzu and crumbled bacon. Toss to combine and heat through. Check flavoring and season. Serve family style, garnished with scallion greens.
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My family of four has been getting takeout here for 10 years, and the food remains tasty and ample, providing for at least two extra meals for each of us during the week. The egg rolls are very good, the spring rolls have a delicious and interesting taste, and the won ton soup is savory.The steamed chicken and mixed vegetables...
Huge menu to choose from. Great food great prices. Wish they had more pictures on the menu. Not a place to sit down and eat this is a true takeout
We order here all the time for Chinese take-out. It is the only Chinese food my kids have enjoyed and therefore we are pleased to order here. I am partial to the beef/broccoli, but the other items are delicious too. There is limited eat-in seating, but most take it to go with them. Good food, good prices!
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France: France Rejects Citizenship of Veiled Moroccan Wife
A French court has denied citizenship to a Muslim woman from Morocco, ruling that her practice of "radical" Islam is not compatible with French values.
The 32-year-old woman, known as Faiza M, has lived in France since 2000 with her husband - a French national - and their three French-born children.
Social services reports said the burqa-wearing Faiza M lived in "total submission to her male relatives".
Faiza M said she has never challenged the fundamental values of France.
Her initial application for French citizenship was rejected in 2005 on the grounds of "insufficient assimilation" into France.
She appealed, and late last month the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative body which also acts as a high court, upheld the decision to deny her citizenship.
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Big Web Show 78: Bloomstein on content strategy
IN EPISODE No. 78 of The Big Web Show ("everything web that matters"), I interview Margot Bloomstein, author of Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Engagement (Morgan Kaufmann, 2012), about her professional transition from design to content strategy; the vagaries of the consulting life; how mentoring and non-traditional academic backgrounds can fit into a web career; how to write a content strategy book for people who are not content strategists; and the beauties of Pittsburgh.
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Texas injustice?Friday, September 21st, 2012
Texas resident Tammy Cooper spent a night in jail for child endangerment. On Thursday morning, Tammy made an appearance on Fox News's, Fox and Friends, explaining her situation.
Cooper said her children had been playing on their scooters in their La Porte neighborhood. Later that evening, two police officers arrested her after a neighbor, for which she was having an ongoing feud with, called in and reported Cooper for not watching the kids.
Despite the nosiness of her neighbor, Tammy blames police. "I couldn't believe that the officer on the scene did not use better judgment, and could not look at the situation he was faced with and go strictly off of…the word that he got from my neighbor."
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ANZ Stadium will host the Sydney derby in round two, on Sunday 27 December, when cross-city rivals the Sydney Sixers line up against the Thunder who are chasing their first victory over the Eastern Suburbs based team.
Jacques Kallis – one of the cricket world's greatest allrounders – will take on cross-city rivals, the Sydney Sixers, in a fiercely contested Sydney derby in round two on Saturday 27 December at ANZ Stadium.
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The Menifee City Council, amid a hail of grumbles, groans, and occasional cheers, approved an application process to fill the vacant council seat during their meeting on July 19.
The open process, which was introduced by Councilwoman Darcy Kuenzi, outlined an opportunity for residents to submit applications and have each council member choose three applicants to interview. The chosen applicants would be interviewed in a public forum, only answering questions from the council, but in a public meeting. The council would rank each applicant, turning in a score sheet for each one. After the council completes interviews during an afternoon meeting on August 2, they will take a recess and reconvene later for their regularly scheduled meeting. During that meeting the applicant with the highest score will be appointed by the council.
However, the process was heavily criticized by a small contingency of residents.
The July 20 article in The Californian entitled MENIFEE: City Seeks Applications to Fill Council Post states that "each council member would use a secret ballot to rank their top three choices for the job," which had many residents up in arms. In a second article in The Californian entitled EDITORIAL: Special Election Unacceptable, the writer states, "relying on a secret ranked ballot of council members," only added fuel to the fire for these angry residents. A third angry editorial written by Greg August in The Californian used the word "secret" 7 times. Furthermore, City Hall received a barrage of angry emails regarding their concerns over "secrecy".
However, City Attorney Karen Feld refuted those claims and clarified with this statement; "We are not using secret ballots. They were discussed at the meeting but the city council did not agree on it. The city council gave an overview of how they wanted the process to go and staff was charged with working out the details and technical requirements. We have listened to the residents' concerns and believe that the process will satisfy them. It meets all the legal requirements as well as fitting in line with Council direction. You will find that this process will be as open as possible."
It is so unfortunate that the misunderstanding and miscommunication of just a few can culminate in the distress of many. Councilwoman Kuenzi stated time and time again her desire for a fair and open process, one in which every resident who was interested had the opportunity to apply. Yet, as is so often the case, a small vocal group of residents focus on a misunderstanding and taint the entire process. In an attempt to maintain transparency, to unify the community, and to keep the process fair to all residents, Councilman Denver and Councilwoman Kuenzi held their ground, and are now once again vilified.
After hearing from many of our readers, many have suggested an amendment to the process. With the ranking process being the issue, the suggestion is that each council member openly rank their top picks after the application process, speaking only of the benefits their nominees bring to the table. They would only discuss their own nominees, why they have chosen them, and what their nominees have to offer Menifee. There would be no discussion of another council member's nominees.
A greater concern we've heard from our readers is the amount of discourse involved with this appointment. Not necessarily among the City Council, but with the small group of narrow-minded residents who look to vilify certain members of the council, and use this situation as a soap-box from which to preach their own politics. In addition, other news publications have seemingly used this situation to stir the pot and boost readership without fully understanding the dynamics of this matter.
Based on our review of actual emails sent by this small vocal group of residents to City Hall on this matter, these residents are eager to jump to conclusions without letting this situation unfold naturally. This is an open, public process, one in which the residents will have an opportunity to be heard. This small group of residents are inundating City Hall with repetitive emails that cost residents thousands of dollars in staff time to respond.
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The Menifee City Council, amid a hail of grumbles, groans, and occasional cheers, approved an application process to fill the vacant council seat during their meeting on July 19.
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"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." ~Winston ChurchillReplyDelete
Thank you Menifee 24/7 for putting some pants on!
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 11:05 AM
I like the suggestion of having the Council members read who they picked, and why they picked them.ReplyDelete
Also, it would be best if Council members did not attempt to dismiss or devalue those applicants that were selected by other council members.
Such a process would be transparent, and positive. (no secrets)
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 12:23 PM
From what I've read on this site it seems the small vocal group is most likely retired residents living in the Sun City neighborhoods. Traditionally, retired people are more active in local politics because they have more time available. With the disproportionately large population (as compared to a typical city) of retired people in Menifee, it's no wonder that they have such a loud voice.ReplyDelete
I'm sure there are plenty of younger people, such as myself, that would like to attend the City Council meetings but can't. My job is in OC so I don't get home until after 7. Then I'm helping with kids and other family obligations. I wish I worked closer to home, but there aren't many white collar, good paying jobs in SW RivCo, let alone the entire IE. The ones that are available are highly sought after and quickly filled. So local politics occur without the input of the majority of the population, just a minority voice.
I just ask that the retired people remember what it was like when they were in my position; it's not easy to raise a family, even in Menifee. We need to keep every resident in mind when it comes to local politics. Many Menifee residents are just trying to make ends meet and raise their families in a safe community. We appreciate the fact that the Sun City neighborhoods have been in the area for 50 years, but we also ask that the residents of those neighborhoods realize that this city is changing and we can no longer maintain an exclusive focus on what the retired people want. The City of Menifee must keep up with neighboring cities if we want the best residents.
By the way, from what I've read in the article, I support the Council's process as long as it is legal. There is no perfect way to choose a new council member, so this is as good as any other process as far as I'm concerned.
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 5:29 PM
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- AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 8:25 PM
Did they hold their ground?ReplyDelete
By Greg August
"No secret Ballots-Residents await Positive Outcome," defends Darcy Kuenzi, and John Denver against angry, narrow-minded residents, and pot stirring reporters.
Steve Johnson, Editor 24/7, has told me that these comment are not offensive and therefore not allowed to be commented on. This is my third try at posting a comment. Please read the above referenced and decide for yourself if the opinion writer's comments are offensive or not.
The opinion reports on the recent Menifee City Council's adoption of a process to nominate a replacement for Fred Twyman.
As reported by the Californian, "City Seeks Applications to fill Council Post," Darcy Kuenzi stated, "the process will go something like this." She stated it would include a secret ballot. So, Darcy Kuenzi, for whatever reason, thought she voted for a secret ballot. That's what Darcy Kuenzi told the Californian following the city council meeting, 7/19/2011
Emails started to arrive at city hall the following morning questioning the use of secret ballots.
My point is there was no misunderstanding or miscommunication. The city council, including Darcy Kuenzi and John Denver voted on 7/19/2011 for a process that included a secret ballot. Did John Denver, Darcy Kuenzi, hold their ground, when it has since been determined that a secret ballot could be illegal, and has been withdrawn from the process.
If anyone were responsible for spending thousands of dollars (?) responding to emails it would have to be the entire city council. They should have checked with the city attorney before voting on a process they were not sure about. The residents had every right to question and challenge the council's decision for a secret ballot.
Actually, Darcy Kuenzi and John Denver never desired a ballot that was secret from the public, only a ballot that would be hidden from other council members until AFTER everyone had voted, and then have the ballots made public. There was no secrecy intended, but for some reason, this particular group of people seem to think there was.ReplyDelete
According to Kathy Bennett, City Clerk, the city council voted to have the open application process, but had instructed the city staff to outline details for approval, INCLUDING THE BALLOT PROCESS. Staff did so, at the direction of the council.
Let me reiterate: the city council never believed they were voting on anything that was secret from the public, nor was that the desire of any city council member.
The process was concluded by Staff at the direction of the city council to hammer out the details. That recommendation will be presented to the council this evening for consideration. The process was NEVER finalized, nor voted on, nor approved, at the July 19th meeting. The final direction of the council was for staff to work out the details, which they did.
There was never a revised plan because there was a secret ballot, and nothing that occurred during the process was illegal in any way. Nothing was ever withdrawn, because the process was never finalized.
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 8:51 AM
There was a secret ballot plan and if you would listen to the CD of the July 19th city council meeting you would have heard it stated 9 times during the conversation to have secret scoring forms. They did revise the process and that was because the public objected to the secret ballot process they originaly planned on using. Let me reiterate it was the intention of the city council to have a secret ballot until they were pressured from the community to have an open ballot and the city attorney infomed them that it was illegal. No matter how you try and color it they had to revise it from secret to open voting. I would advise anyone who wants to know the truth about this subject to purchase the CD for $1.00 and find out for yourselves.ReplyDelete
Can you quote any of these people you speak of? You say that the city council voted on a secret ballot. Do you have a quote, or series of quotes, that say such a thing? Or is that your personal take on the meeting.ReplyDelete
Did you speak with or receive an email from Mr. Rawlings, City Manager or Karen Feld, City Attorney? Can you share the quote saying it was revised because it was iillegal? Or again, is that you paraphrasing? Because I go based on actual quotes; not someone's summation. Oh, and did the city council state at any time that they wanted to keep their nominees private from the public permanently? Or just until the process was completed?
Seems to me, and many others, that someone els is "coloring" the truth. Not me.
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 2:51 PM
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Mar29-06, 09:02 PM
It depends on the school, but honors-level courses usually cover the same material as their non-honors counterparts but at a much more deeper and enriched level, and sometimes introduce more advanced topics. For example, at my school engineers and scientists have to take their own versions of calculus courses, which are as you would expect very application-oriented; mathematicians have the option of taking honors calculus or advanced honors calculus. The honors-level courses introduced calculus with a very light emphasis on rigor, so you would see things like epsilon-delta arguments, and the proofs of the theorems are more 'intuitive' than 'formal'.
The advanced honors course, however, feels like an analysis course. Every theorem is proved formally, and the material is presented at a much deeper level. For example, the honors course will introduce sequences from the point of view of the real line whereas the advanced honors course will treat them in general metric spaces with the real line as a simple special case.
And usually most first and second year courses have an honors-level equivalent. Of course, as I said, this varies from place to place.
As for Apostol, I think his linear algebra section is lacking (at least in the first volume). I would seriously suggest you look elsewhere (e.g. Friedberg et. al). But that's just my opinion (and keep in mind that I'm not a big fan of his text, so I admit to some bias ).
The introduction of integration before differentiation is historically more accurate, and you can see this in many other, older texts (e.g. Courant and, I think, Hardy). However I also recommend you read another book (like Spivak or Courant) for integration as a supplementary text to Apostol. Because if I recall correctly, he insists on using step functions to introduce the theory of integration, while the others use upper & lower sums. Both approaches are of course equivalent, but you might benefit from sampling both and choosing the one you like more.
Mar29-06, 09:04 PM
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chicago may count as an "ivy" but they did teach from spivak a few years ago; of course time flies for an old xxxx like me so that may be decades ago now.
but you can always read it yourself.
and when i was a young instructor at central washignton state college in ellensburg washingtom, i taught an honmors calc course from spivak for free on top of my usual load.
so even my students at state college in ellensburg got that course in 1972.
you get whatever people offer wherever they offer it. and you find very interesting people everyuwhere.
at ellensburg i found colleagues very anxious to learn the new stuff they had missed in college and i also ran seminars in the de rham theorem in cohomology and sheaves.
i also taught there from chern's notes on diff geom from berkeley.
of course i got fired eventually for not having a PhD, so cynics may say that my comments abiout knowledge matering more than union dues are wrong.
but the modifier is you must not go too far down the totem pole iof you want to be appreciated. if you are in aplace where people have no idea what you are talking about, then true you will not be appreciated for your knowledge, and then you need a degree.
but if you go somewhere they do understand you, then you can survive on performnace. however there is a balance to be maintained. when you go home where they do not understand what you are sayiong they will ask where are yopur publications, so to survivbe in the real world it is true one should get good grades and publish, but one must not focus exclusively on these trivialities.
Mar29-06, 09:05 PM
Chroot, did everyone* in your IB curriculum courses make it out as well as you did?
Oh, and the lazyness thing, AP Physics has 9 students right now, and the average number of them who do their homework on any given night is probably three.
Mar29-06, 09:06 PM
From what I have seen of IB, the only classes worth taking are the HL level courses. I've looked at the material covered in the IB SL Mathematics course, and it is simply algebra II and some Calculus I. I tutored some friends in the class and found the material to be quite simple. The IB HL Chemistry course was on par with what I studied in AP Chemistry (which, according to many universities, is equivalent to Chemistry I and II. I suppose that all depends upon the university.)
Although this is purely anecdotal analysis, IB seems to force students to do large quantities of pointless busy work and internal assesments and other nonsense assignments. When I was tutoring the mathematics students, they had no clue about riemann sums or limits with epsilon-delta definitions. I was rather shocked, as they had claimed IB mathematics was at least on par with AP Calculus AB.
However, if one goes through the IB Diploma program, I'm sure they'll come out with just as much, if not more, work-ethic, experience, and knowledge as one that did an equal amount of AP work. So far, I've got around 45 credits from AP and am taking 6 more AP exams this year.
With respect to the Linear Algebra, my friend happened to have Linear Algebra by Friedberg that he let me borrow (he was too lazy to read it apparently.) I assume it would be best to study LA out of Friedberg and not Apostol? I'll probably end up reading both just for the extra practice.
Mar29-06, 09:13 PM
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I often think you're more than just a bit presumptuous, man. Most US high school kids don't even go to college (it's a pity, but it's true). Probably fewer than one in a hundred of your students will choose to pursue math as a career. Few, if any of them know enough about mathematics yet to really have developed a passion for it, anyway. Most of them literally do want nothing more than just to pass your class, and that's okay! Some of them don't share your goals or opinions about the One True Path to living their lives.
You're teaching kids, man. Teenagers. People who don't understand how to drive stick shift cars, cook anything with more than two ingredients, or have meaningful interpersonal realtionships. These are not mathematicians, nor should be expected to behave like mathematicians.
Your job is decidedly not to focus on the kids who will one day prove the Riemann hypothesis. Your job, as you are paid by the state, is to provide a fair, reasonable education in basic mathematics that will serve the greater good of society. That's it. You apparently suffer from crippling delusions of grandeur that, in my opinion, probably make you a lousy teacher.
Get off your high horse and stop acting like you're teaching doctoral students at Oxford. You're a high-school teacher. Get a grip on reality, and teach the damn kids (even the dumb ones) some math.
- Warren
Mar29-06, 09:15 PM
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Mar29-06, 09:20 PM
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Chroot: have you mistaken me for someone else? i am not a high school teacher i am a university research mathematician who agrees to teach high school honors classes for free, for those few students who want the best. if they do not want what i am offering they do not belong in my class. in particular i never teach regular classes and i am not paid one cent for what i do in high schools.
As i have stated here before, i taught elite private high school students who applied to be in my course, writing a special NSF grant which paid them a salary to attend my class, while i did it for free.
i like you, but you are wayyy... off base here. In particular everything you have said about me tonight seems to be totally false, and could have been known to be so from the mildest acquantance with my posts "over the years."
i am sure you meant well, but before attacking someone you might bother to get at least some of your facts straight.
please forgive me if i have embarrassed you, as your comments, although totally wrong and misplaced (except that I am an arrogant prick on a high horse, which of course is a given), were obviously meant as sympathetic to students. so you are probably a good teacher.
but, surprize, so am i.
Mar29-06, 09:24 PM
I think mathwonk is not talking about the average high school "kid" but instead those who DO have the "deep, burning passion to become [mathematicians]." He's talking about offering an advanced class to those who want to take it.
And he's not a high school teacher, either. So yeah...
Mar29-06, 10:00 PM
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i must admit chroot, i have also written impassioned responses without having read the previous posts. may i suggest you read the earlier posts in this thread? i apologize for their length.
Mar30-06, 01:01 PM
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perhaps it was not clear that these notes were aimed at people who actually want to understand mathematics, e.g. to become mathematicians, or at least to master the subject as well as possible, rather than simply get by in school.
i thought that was apparent by my citing the inspiration of zapper's essays on preparing to be a physicist. i might have titled them "so you want to be a mathemnatician" but it seemed presumptuous to pretend they would have the same value as his notes.
at any rate, i hope the angry outburst they have inspired does not deter anyone from making a comment or asking a question. i have noted over the years that poeple who believe in and care about teaching, almost always argue strongly over how it should be done in theory.
curiously these same people tend not to argue when they actually observe what the other is doing in the classroom. i.e. the difficulty is in understanding what is meant by what is said.
moreover, most of us have buried memories of unpleasant experiences which are set off at times by someone else's comment. we may think "that XXX sounds just like the guy who made my life miserable in junior high." and off we go.
anyway, all comments are welcome here, even contrary or critical ones.
Mar30-06, 04:02 PM
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Okay, mathwonk, I apologize for my outburst. On the other hand, I *have* read a number of posts from you, over a long period of time, that bemoan the sad state of high-school students -- even the bright ones.
If these high-school classes of yours inspire so much animosity in you, maybe you should just stop teaching them? It doesn't sound like you have (or permit?) many students in the classes anyway, so it wouldn't affect many students. You might be happier for it. Trust me, teenaged kids are generally not all that much fun to work with, even if you have a noble purpose in mind.
- Warren
Mar30-06, 04:35 PM
My AP Physics class has about 20 students. I'd say about 70% of them just took the class because they liked Physics I but took it for the purpose of interest only, with no desire to take anything more than Mechanics or something for their major at university. About 10% think that they want to be engineers, myself included, and no more than ten or so students from two AP classes making up a total of about 40 are extraordinary with AP level physics. Those ten or so students are the only ones taking the AP test in May, and that's all. My school district wants to make it manditory for students to take the AP test if they take an AP course, which I highly disagree with. Overall the AP courses in my district are top-notch. I believe AP courses are wonderful, and if it were up to me, I'd make them manditory! It's disgusting how many kids are just plain out stupid. Although, you look at kids who take Calc BC and compare them to schools in the 1970's where you had one algebra class and one geometry class. Now precalculus is manditory, calculus and statistics are optional.
If anything, AP courses teach you problem-solving skills and prepare you for the college workload. I agree with Warren's statement about the IB curriculum preparing him for college, even if the AP curriculum is a bit different.
Mar30-06, 05:49 PM
z-component, I do not wish them to be mandatory, at ALL. What I love most about my AP classes is that the students are generally smart.
BTW, if you look at a good high school in europe, almost every single student will be able to pwn almost every student in any AP class in the US.
Mar30-06, 06:23 PM
But that, of course, doesn't surprise me at all. It should be easy to pwn American high school students. But really, when will this change? We're a world superpower and the world's policeman, but we have kids dumber than a box of hammers.
Mar30-06, 06:59 PM
That's where my public education reform solution comes into play
Mar30-06, 07:11 PM
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z component, i think i disagree with your comparison between todays AP prepared students and yesteryear's high school students who took only algebra and geometry, at least if you mean that todays students are better prepared.
Namely I think yesterday's kids were much better prepared for college calculus and beyond, by taking algebra and geometry thoroughly, than are todays kids who take AP calculus and learn it shallowly, and most college professors of math I know agree with me.
In fact, high school AP courses were so inferior as preparation for our old college courses that we have had to dumb down our courses significantly to accomodate AP students into them. That may be why students today think they are well prepared, i.e. we have lowered our expectation as to meet their incoming knowledge, so in fact if we are successful, then they ARE well prepared for what we are offering them, because what we are offering is so much easier than it used to be.
I regret if this passes for animosity toward high school students, for it is not, as they are not to blame for this situation. Nonetheless this is the current state of affairs.
Here is a wonderful article interviewing a college math professor Glenn Stevens, who I knew when he was a grad student at Harvard, about his program PROMYS at BU, where bright young high school kids are taught not advanced math, but deep elementary math.
Notice he is reserved in his comments about AP courses, perhaps to avoid sparking controversy, but you can guess at his opinion of them there.
PROMYS is a terrific program, perhaps especially for future mathematicians, which has also been expanded to teachers. it teaches math by actually engaging people with it, not just memorizing it.
Actually I think this program good for anyone wanting to understand math, and I am puzzled by comments that seem to assume only future mathematicians should be encouraged to understand math. I for example would dearly like to understand physics, and also literature and music. I do not think such experiences are only of interest to future writers, critics, physicists, or performers.
When I was a postdoc at Harvard, Glenn and his fellow students ran a student seminar in number theory that was very active. The other programs had faculty seminars, but these kids had the monopoly on stduent run activities. They really learned a lot and were obviously dedicated to their subject and to learning it together in an untheatening and enthusiastic way.
another great summer program is the one at Park City utah, combining activities for undergrads, high school tecahers, grad students and researchers.
I myself hope to be running a program in a couple years at UGA for undergrads interested in algebraic geometry and I will be trying to recruit the brightest and most motivated undergrads I can find.
and thanks for your note chroot, you are a good egg and i appreciate the slack in spite of my sins.
Mar30-06, 07:29 PM
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Again, mathwonk, the vast majority of students taking AP Calculus are not actually going to become mathematicians (nor even attempt to become mathematicians).
I will agree with you that a shallow teaching of calculus benefits a future mathematician less than a deep teaching of earlier math -- but most students are not future mathematicians!
The typical AP Cal student, who does not intend to become a mathematician, may well be better served by a shallow teaching of calculus than by a deep teaching of elementary math. After all, even most "technical" professions, like engineering and computer science, require very little mathematical rigor, even though they make enormous use of mathematics. Why teach everyone a very high degree of mathematical rigor when it's wasted on the vast majority? Why not allow them to study the techniques that will directly benefit them in terms of job performance, at the sake of some depth?
Again, you seem to have some tacit belief that the entirety of high-school math education should be designed around the tiny minority of students who will become mathematicians. I (not so tacitly) disagree.
- Warren
Mar30-06, 07:37 PM
There are only two people in my AP Physics who know how to do a problem without being told how to do it earlier, even though they have enough knowlege to solve it. Same goes for my Calculus class, generally speaking. This angers me for several reasons, including that this causes the teachers not to asign such problems. :/
EDIT: Chroot, in some way, I agree with you because many of the students are simply not able to do what they are asked there. However, in several other countries, students do get that sort of education and they generally, by the time they graduate high school, are extremely bright. In Poland for example, which doesn't rank extremely high educational wise, random people who I met were brilliant. The type which I only see once every so often over here. This of course isn't solely because of the math, but it certainly does help. People over there are taught to think for themselves and are expected to. Here, the only reason that mathwonk's special courses in high school may not be successful to the non mathematician wannabe's, is that they were never prepared to think for themselves.
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Just as the Twittersphere started the movement to fire Scott Skiles following a 0-5 West Coast road trip, the Bucks put together a dandy. The win over the Spurs was nearly as compelling as the Bucks have played since their last trip to the postseason against the Hawks. So while the team is 0-6 on the road, consider too that they are undefeated at home at 3-0.
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Because lately, I have seen people using words in the ace tags that are new to me, and also using words I know in ways that make no sense with the meanings I associate with them. Needless to say, this makes constructive dialogue a bit tricky.
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My definitions more or less match yours, with one exception: I've seen "indifferent" used as sort of an antonym to "repulsed," with aces ranging from actually indifferent to/"meh" about sex all the way up to aces who enjoy and seek out sex falling under the label of "indifferent." Mind you, I haven't seen this in a while, and it's possible the word isn't being used in that context so much any more, but my tendency is to see "repulsed/indifferent" viewed as a spectrum that people fall upon and "indifferent" as a term covering one entire side of it. When I was active on AVEN, people often used that scale to identify themselves when the topic came up in conversation, as well as a "libidoist/non-libidoist" scale, the romantic orientation one, and I think one or two others.
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The Winter's Tale
The Sting & Honey Company will present William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale," the story of King Leontes who loses everything to his jealousy and pride, and redemption will not come until that which was lost has been found. The play will be held in the Leona Wagner Black Box theater. Tickets available through arttix.org.
When » Friday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, September 29 at 2 p.m., Saturday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Where » Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City
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Utah Symphony - Bach & Mendelssohn
The Utah Symphony will play Bach's ever-popular Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 "Hymn of Praise." Visit www.arttix.org for information.
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Where » Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets » $18-$67; www.arttix.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=8031
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Desert Star Playhouse will present the comedy Wicked-er: It's Not Easy Being Green. With a new villain in town, the Wicked Witch must team up with her former enemies to battle their new foe. Call 801-266-2600 for reservations. For more information, visit www.DesertStarPlayhouse.com.
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Where » Desert Star Playhouse, 4861 S. State St., Murray
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Alpine Art hold a Pen & Ink exhibit, Sept. 21-Oct. 15, showcasing a variety of techniques like stippling, hatching or washing, to contemporary usage such as graphic illustration and tattoo work.
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