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Winnie Wrote a Math Book
SoyChemist writes "Hollywood is not known for providing a wealth of positive female role models. Danica McKellar, the actress that played Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years and Elsie Snuffin on The West Wing, has written a math book for teenage girls. 'Math Doesn't Suck' is done in the style of a teen magazine. It even includes a horoscope, cute doodles of shoes and jewelry, and testimonials from attractive young career women that use math at work. It focuses on fractions and pre-algebra and uses mnemonics like calling a reciprocal a 'refliprocal', because you just take the fraction and flip it upside down. Wired interviewed McKellar about the new book and her crusade to eliminate the achievement gap between boys and girls in math courses. McKellar graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA. While studying there, she co-authored a proof and presented it at a conference. After she and Mayim Bialik — star of Blossom and a PhD in neuroscience — appeared in a 20/20 episode about intellectual actresses, several literary agents came knocking on her door."
Back in 1994, Barbie thought differently.
Math is hard!
But the judge says I'm not allowed within 100 feet of her.
"If the man of the house gets home from work at 5:30 and dinner takes 1.25 hours to prepare, at what time should you start making it?"
"If your makeup costs $40 and you put it on once a day, how much does it cost per application if the makeup runs out after 70 days?"
"If the cake recipe calls for the oven to be at 400 degree fahrenheit but the oven only has celsius....
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This tread is worthless without pics... of hot, math using girls. /whaddaya mean, wrong website?
There are 01 kinds of cars in the world. The General Lee, and everything else.
Great point. Instead of writing a book, Winnie should have changed social norms in every high school in America.
I'd also generalize HER polylogarithm!
> Her singing of its repetitive and insanely peppy themesong is driving my out of my mind, though.
Clearly so, but it could be worse: "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" is illustrative of subtraction, but somewhat tedious if one is not an actual red-eyed participant.
OK, I'm dying to know: what sport at your high school is so unspeakably vulgar that you have to censor the name?
And are any videos online?
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
So what, the ugly ones don't use math?
Probably not as much, it's not like they need to worry about memorizing and reciting 7-digit numbers...If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in 6th grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have taken a moments pause.
If 10% of all Slashdot accounts are current, and 25% of all posts relating to women in math and science are derogatory, what percentage of people that post to slashdot are going to get laid tonight?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
"If your ex-husband, who was earning $45k per year, looses his job but now collects 30% of that in unemployment, and your alimony was calculated at 67% of his net salary while employed, what differential (minus child-support) must now be applied in order that he may loose his other testical?"
McKellar graduated Summa Cum Laude
I wish she graduated *my* summa cum laude!
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
The stars say: "you must be new here".
For the perfect anti-Unix, write an OS that thinks it knows what you're doing better than you do and let it be wrong.
On the Ninth Day, G-d created Baseball. well. I guess thats proof against intelligent design.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Your horoscope for today:
Aries - certain deficiencies in your education and upbringing will lead you to the sadly mistaken belief that the location of celestial bodies can influence events in your life.
(paraphrased from memory, originally in "The Onion")
This sort of thing only reinforces the idea that adults are clueless and generally to be ignored. See also: public service announcements by MC Hammer or Flava Flave.
That's why those fools should leave the educational lessons to Mr. T!
Am I seriously the only person who saw the title and wondered why a Bear of Very Little Brain would be writing a textbook?
Alright, no one is to flame anyone until I blow this whistle. Even... and I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do type "God"
What do you mean on the Ninth Day? Haven't you ever read Genesis, the rest of the creation story takes place "In the Big Inning".....cue the groans.
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. James Madison
OK, I'm dying to know: what sport at your high school is so unspeakably vulgar that you have to censor the name?
I don't know but it obviously involves getting a bunch of guys together and playing with their balls.
Jokes like that are the reason I desperately wish that technology had advanced to the point where I could punch someone in the nuts via the internet.