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(Still on Hiatus:) Burke's Laws 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.) I'm still "on hiatus", but I'm also need a little bit of a release. The comic below features a couple of "laws" I first spouted at some point back in the...
Spammers Leaving Comments 19 Aug 2013 | 11:26 pm
So the new attempt by spammers to get you to their site isn't to put links in comments, which I'll delete as soon as I see them. Now, they're registering for blogger IDs, and leaving three-word commen...
Integrated Algebra Regents Exam (August 2013) Discussion, Part II, III and IV 17 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
Part II 31. A jogger ran at a rate of 5.4 miles per hour. Find the jogger's exact rate, in feet per minute. Note: “1 mile = 5280 feet” was given. To convert from miles per hour to feet per minute, yo...
Integrated Algebra Regents Exam (August 2013) Discussion, Part 1 17 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
I've been itching to do this for a few days now, just to get my mind off other things. Comments are welcome and encouraged! Part 1: Multiple Choice As there are 30 questions, I will be brief about t...
Algebra and Geometry Regents Discussion, Anyone? 14 Aug 2013 | 04:30 am
I'm not in school and didn't (won't) see the exams, but if anyone would like to discuss any questions, I'd be happy for the diversion. I don't know when the exams will be posted online for all to see...
Brief Hiatus: a few days? 13 Aug 2013 | 07:13 am
There are some family issues going on right now which will take up most of my time for the next few days. Be back soon.
Quartiles 9 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2013, C. Burke. To be fair, only one student shouted that. I pretended not to hear it.
If I Wrote the State Exams . . . 7 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2013, C. Burke. Alternate Title: 'Why I'm Not Allowed to Write State Exams'
Lost in Thought 5 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2013, C. Burke. The scary part is that this is how my mind actually works. The scarier part is that this set-up was written a year before ...
Of Monsters and Math 29 Jul 2013 | 08:56 pm
(Click on the cartoon to see the full image.) (C)Copyright 2013, C. Burke. That's why these Little Talks are done in private. I wouldn't call this one semi-autobiographical at all. Definitely not s...