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March 13, 2005
Math comedy
What did the elm say when it discovered it had triangles, quadrilaterals, and trapezoids instead of leaves? “Gee, Om A Tree!”
Last Wednesday and Thursday I had an illicit vacation. It is ostensibly called training at the UFT for the math program, but it is really just two days of math teachers getting together and talking about math stuff. I love going to these things, as it is a break from teaching mixed with resource/idea gathering. The food is good, and we often get supplies. All teachers are supply whores, just so you know. We save bags, cans, anything that can be used in lessons.
As far as humans go, I’m fairly funny. As far as teachers go, I’m pretty funny. When you put me in a room full of math teachers, I’m positively hysterical. Most math teachers are pretty serious, so I can have the whole room laughing pretty easily. Over the space of the two days, I think I was responsible for about ten huge uproars of laughter. Of course, math teachers find many strange things funny, so it wasn’t that hard.
I also endeared myself to a teacher working on the upper west side of Manhattan. As any math teacher should be, she was charmed sockless by my jokes and cheery nature (I had already imbibed five cups of coffee). She’s a good friend of the guy in charge of staff for the Manhattan region, so I’m updating my resume and contacting him on Monday. Yes, that means I’m finally taking the plunge to find a new job.
High time for that, I know.
Posted by G at March 13, 2005 04:29 PM
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Math changed my life: I was turned on by a classmate in 12th grade calculus class (advanced placement) to Zap Comix, specifically "Captain Pissgums and his perverted pirates". Nothing has thankfully been the same since.
Vaya con queso
Posted by: mr pinky at March 13, 2005 07:45 PM
Q: What does a mathematician say to his kids when they misbehave?
A: "If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times..."
(ba dum dum)
Posted by: palochi at March 14, 2005 12:56 PM
Glad to hear you are getting the resume together.
It's high time. You've paid your dues!
Been reading you for years now!
Posted by: Mr. Hells Kitchen at March 18, 2005 04:10 PM