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Subject:    Re: [Edu-sig] good news: many schools not competitive!
From:       A Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig <edu-sig () python ! org>
Date:       2017-06-12 17:46:28
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Wow, Kirby, thanx! That's high praise indeed!
BTW, I'm always sharing your 3D geometry pages with my colleagues.
Regards,
AJH

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On Jun 12, 2017, 1:15 PM, at 1:15 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Peter Farrell <funcalculus@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Jorge and Kirby,
>>
>> Great ideas! You're preaching to the choir here. Especially the line
>"Why
>> don't we toss out the Graphing Calculators and just learn a little
>bit of
>> coding?" I spoke with the math department head at a rich private High
>> School nearby who finished proving her school didn't need my techy,
>codey
>> nonsense by saying, "We already use technology in our math classes:
>the
>> TI-84."
>>
>>
>The competitive spirit in me is encouraged by your news.  So many
>schools
>are deliberately holding their kids back.  That means more of my
>students
>will get the fun work, less of theirs. Yay.
>
>I know that sounds selfish, but it's their choice to self-cripple with
>TI-only curricula.
>
>You're in California right?  A backward state by most accounts.
>
>
>> And once you have some practice creating functions to calculate
>> derivatives and integrals, you can get fancy and personalize the
>notation
>> like Kirby showed. The programmer can do anything, with a toolbox
>like
>> Python!
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
>I've got Jorge Garcia memorialized as a master teacher on math-teach
>[1],
>but then he's already gotten a few rewards.  I bet you'll be getting
>some
>as well if you continue to champion quality education in the face of
>know-nothing schools.
>
>Kirby
>
>[1]  http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2864078
>I'm really glad he recorded audio from his classroom, live, and put
>that on
>Youtube. Only a small percentage of teachers have the guts to do that.
>Great contribution!
>
>PS:  remember to change the subject line and you don't have to quote
>the
>entire digest.
>
>
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<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Wow, Kirby, thanx! That's high praise \
indeed!<br></div> <div dir="auto">BTW, I'm always sharing your 3D geometry pages with \
my colleagues.<br></div> <div dir="auto">Regards,<br></div>
<div dir="auto">AJH<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Sent from <a \
href="http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=9856">BlueMail</a> </div> <div \
class="gmail_quote" >On Jun 12, 2017, at 1:15 PM, kirby urner &lt;<a \
href="mailto:kirby.urner@gmail.com" target="_blank">kirby.urner@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: \
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jun 11, \
2017 at 10:01 PM, Peter Farrell <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:funcalculus@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">funcalculus@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div \
class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Jorge and \
Kirby,<div><br></div><div>Great ideas! You're preaching to the choir here. Especially \
the line "Why don't we toss out the Graphing Calculators and just learn a little bit \
of coding?" I spoke with the math department head at a rich private High School \
nearby who finished proving her school didn't need my techy, codey nonsense by \
saying, "We already use technology in our math classes: the \
TI-84."</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The competitive \
spirit in me is encouraged by your news.&nbsp; So many schools are deliberately \
holding their kids back.&nbsp; That means more of my students will get the fun work, \
less of theirs. Yay.&nbsp; <br><br></div><div>I know that sounds selfish, but it's \
their choice to self-cripple with TI-only curricula.<br><br></div><div>You're in \
California right?&nbsp; A backward state by most \
accounts.<br></div><div>&nbsp;<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>And once you have \
some practice creating functions to calculate derivatives and integrals, you can get \
fancy and personalize the notation like Kirby showed. The programmer can do anything, \
with a toolbox like Python!</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've \
got Jorge Garcia memorialized as a master teacher on math-teach [1], but then he's \
already gotten a few rewards.&nbsp; I bet you'll be getting some as well if you \
continue to champion quality education in the face of know-nothing \
schools.<br><br></div><div>Kirby<br><br>[1]&nbsp; <a \
href="http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2864078">http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2864078</a><br></div><div>I'm \
really glad he recorded audio from his classroom, live, and put that on Youtube. Only \
a small percentage of teachers have the guts to do that.&nbsp; Great \
contribution!<br><br></div><div>PS:&nbsp; remember to change the subject line and you \
don't have to quote the entire digest.<br></div></div><br></div></div> <pre \
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