Every once in a while I peruse past blog posts. Honestly, I think that the Lori of 2020 was probably smarter and had more to say than the Lori of 2025. Here’s the setting for you: I am at my desk after a great Algebra class trying to think about polynomials and what I can […]
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I have been reminded recently that life is full of cycles. It’s cyclical, which from a mathematician’s standpoint, means it’s repetitive and predictable. I find myself less than thrilled to be embarking on college admissions and all of the expectations that come with graduation again. Just as I spend large portions of the summer reminding
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Large families do everything together. They visit museums, go to parks, bike, hike, ski, everything. At some point though you find that the older children maybe don’t want to visit the same museum again, for they go every year. Like those dreaded Christmas movies that we watch in December out of some unspoken sense of
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Ahhh! Optimization! The wonderful world of gathering a plethora of information, variables, realities, and patterns and using it to determine the best possible decision. In Algebra, students dip their toes in the beginnings of optimization with linear equations, but do they know that? Nope. Neither do they know the power they could yield. The reality
Every January we are inundated with the need to set goals. Our intentions are good. We setup a spot to sit by the wood stove, complete with tea and chocolate. Maybe you start some inspiring instrumental music like Vivaldi or Dvorak. All of the variables are set. If you are able to successfully complete the
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