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Turning a Nail Polish Disaster Into a Teachable Math Moment
theodp writes: In The Spiral of Splatter, SAS's Rick Wicklin writes that his daughter's nail polish spill may have created quite a mess, but at least it presented a teachable math moment: "'Daddy, help! Help me! Come quick!' I heard my daughter's screams from the upstairs bathroom and bounded up the stairs two at a time. Was she hurt? Bleeding? Was the toilet overflowing? When I arrived in the doorway, she pointed at the wall and at the floor. The wall was splattered with black nail polish. On the floor laid a broken bottle in an expanding pool of black ooze. 'It slipped,' she sobbed. As a parent, I know that there are times when I should not raise my voice. I knew intellectually that this was one of those times. But staring at that wall, seeing what I was seeing, I could not prevent myself from yelling. 'Oh my goodness!' I exclaimed. 'Is that a logarithmic spiral?'" So, got any memorable teachable math moments you've experienced either as a kid or adult? Yes, Cheerios Math counts!
When dealing with the shame of owning an Emo/Goth child, it's important not to blame yourself.
It was likely exposure to some toxic chemical that turned her bad, not your parenting.
At least that is what you should tell yourself.
Teaching kids to go faster on the roundabout [...]
This is terrible advice for children learning to drive!
He should be too. Have you seen what septic engineers make these days? No seriously, it's insane. Some of them even get in to the six figures.
BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
As much of life does, this reminds me of a Far Side cartoon where a boy is sitting in front of a chalk board as his father writes equations on it, and to the right there is a broken window. To paraphrase the caption, 'Of all punishments Jimmy most hated his father's physics lectures.'
He should be too. Have you seen what septic engineers make these days? No seriously, it's insane. Some of them even get in to the six figures.
Making six figures and at knowing you are dealing with actual shit instead of corporate shit doesn't sound insane at all.
He should be too. Have you seen what septic engineers make these days? No seriously, it's insane. Some of them even get in to the six figures.
I haven't seen what a septic engineer makes, but I'd imagine that they make the same thing as that guy's son, but larger (though 6 figures sounds like exaggeration unless you're measuring in milligrams). Of course, it all goes the same place when it's flushed.
And if your kids are anything like mine they will still each find a stick and hit each other playing light sabers.
Time to offend someone
One of them once told me "It may be shit to you, but it's bread and butter to me."
So she can paint her nails black. HTH HAND.
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.