The Arse Mathematica Awards
As you may know, "ars mathematica" means "the art of mathematics" in Latin.
On the other hand, you certainly know what "arse" means, and hence the play on words. Silly, I know, but appropriate.
Vote for the Website about the Biggest Arse ...
Each site is about some idiot who misuses math for evil, or just out of plain stupidity. (Oops, I'd better watch it, or this site may win!)
The Math Mojo Chronicles ยป Karl Rove’s Math for Dummies
This is the first, and it's going to be hard to top. It's about the evildoer, Karl Rove, and his dastardly misuse of math. (But he gets it in the end...0 points
Who Invented The Abacus
Lately, Abacus mental math has taken some of these Asian nations by storm.0 points
Helpful Math Links
- MathMojo Homepage
- Learn easy and fun ways do math without stress. Math can be fun and meaningful.
This is my main website. It was conceived to help people who think they suck at math. There are lots of mental math tips, and encouragement for people who know they are smart, yet have struggled to learn math. - The MathMojo Chronicles
- The official weblog of MathMojo.com. Critical thinking about math and critical thinking.
Irreverant, but relevant! - Learn2multiply
- An amazing method to learn the "tables", and an amazing way to teach it. If you know someone who needs help with basic multiplication, <i>this is it</i>.
http://squidoo.com/multiplication - Math-Magic
- The skinny on how to use thinking methods of magicians to learn something useful, and fun.
Forget those silly "add your age to the number of coins in your pocket, divide by 5, multiply by ... etc" tricks.
This is about using magic to accomplish something that means something! - Why You Suck at Math
- Get over your fear of math! Your only problems with math should be on paper!
- Multiplication
- Multiplication (or at least the way they teach it with "the tables") is one of the first great traumas in most childrens' mathematical education.
But it doesn't have to be that way at all. - Pimp my Math
- I'll be listing lots of tips, tricks and links for ways to make your life easier in math class, or in real life.
Know an arse?
If you have any suggestions or stories about bad math teachers, or worse, bad administration policies towards math ed, let me know in the comments section.
Caution: Do not libel or flame anyone here, please. Keep it to the facts.
Please don't mention the "No Child Left Behind" act. There is no arse big enough for that. Besides, they have thoughtfully and appropriately already included a synonym for arse in the title of the bill. Nomen est Omen.
by Homunculus
My name is Brian Foley (a.k.a. "Professor Homunculus" at the mathmojo.com site).
I am not a "math guy" and never was. I don't care about the sch... (more)
