Logic has surfaced in all of my math classes this past week. I know that technically there is a logic class at Scio, albeit not live, so it shouldn’t surprise me, but I’m still pleasantly surprised to find logic alive and strong in my math students. How did this happen, you may ask? Graphing. In
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It’s the fifth Monday of September, which means we resurrect a blog post from the past for your perusal. There’s a good chance that you’ve not read this and that I need to read it again. This week’s blog post is from September 2021 and explores the topic of rhetoric. While we don’t teach rhetoric
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Infinity came up this past week in our classes, as we were studying set notation. Even the smallest thing in mathematics can remind us that God exists. In set notation we have this weird sub language of solution groups that look something like this: x∊{(3,5]}. Let me explain what this means a bit: x :
The number 3, the sum of 4 and 2, the product of 7 and 8. These are facts. Facts that we discussed in class this past week. All three of my live classes touched on facts, even as we tried to look beyond the facts to the truth. For example, three is a number. It
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Welcome. Welcome back to another school year. I wanted to say a year of learning, but that would be narrow focused – as if the learning that you do is contained in the months from September to May. A ridiculous notion I admit. Instead I welcome you to the continuation of your adventurous journey toward
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