The Borrowed
Important, and practical Mathematics
Many high school teachers will actually admit that you will never use the things they are required to teach you. I found two examples of math applied to everyday life. one useful(ish) and one not so much.
the first: Geek Logik, a book and a blog to promote it. on the blog he gives the equation for weather you should get married or not. I’m sure Randall Munroe would be interested (refer to comic 55), he also has a “will my marriage last.” interesting but i’m not sure if life altering decisions should be made based upon the findings
Will My Marriage Last
Should i get Married?
And finally a bit about the potential for useless mathematics. The Daily News gossip column has a bit about Useless Celebrities…
Generation g_p
I’ve been thinking and reading and spinning about the generation gap. i came across an article by Penelope Trunk, a columnist for the Boston Globe and Yahoo Finance. I’ve caught a few of her articles on yahoo, an am generally impressed. she has had a couple of good articles about the fundemental differences between the millennials, and the baby boomers (generally their parents). she discusses that the millennial generation transcends time, and is defined more by our actions, and methods. saying that, many older folks are millennials, and many younger folks are pre-aged….
Activies that millennials live for:
- Facebook, MySpace
- viral video
- online gaming (Xbox Live, mmorpg)
- text messaging
- Work more efficiently, work less
- Instant messaging
- instant gratification
- fun in the workplace
She also talks about the baby boomers stressing team work, and that teamwork is so engrained in the millennials way of life the forced structure, and the talking about teamwork are uninteresting.