Math Is Fun Forum

Not a fan of ridicule, I won't even attempt to actually WRITE in german . . . . HOWEVER . . . . doen't the verb go at the end of the sentence?? I seem to remember that particular idiocy from my stay over there.

Just after I posted yesterday, I finally figured out how to get to the profile page. I'm a teacher, not a geek!!! HAHAHAHA
Then I tried to do the avatar thing but I guess my pictures are too big. Gotta work on that.
I'm having dog-picture envy!

Thanks for the welcome.

I enjoyed John's message about not getting into your 4 decades of life. Not shy, I WILL get into mine!!

Listen, kids, in the grand scheme of life -- which is VERY long -- your elementary and high school experiences mean nothing. Really. Nothing. I've been to exactly one of my reunions. I remembered exactly two of my "friends" from high school. I don't think about them and the only reason I think about my school years is to remember how NOT to teach. 

Right now, all but four or five years of your lives have been about school -- and it's quite probable that you don't remember much from those first four or five years.  Many adults will tell you to ignore hateful people. You can't. You can, however, learn what NOT to do to other people. Right? You have spoken of revenge. What does that accomplish? A temporary reprieve, a short feeling of accomplishment. These people have cronies. Their retaliation will be commensurate with yours. Both physical and mental violence escalates.

You have talked about suicide. What, exactly, will that accomplish? The only person who gets relief is you, I guess. The only people who are punished are the people who truly love and care about you. They remain here to wonder how they could have prevented the tragedy that YOU created. You become the bully because you were too much of a coward to live your life and learn from each experience you were given. The other people -- the bullies -- don't give a rat's *#@ anyway. They will forget you and find somebody else to torment.

Find courage. Look within yourself to find your strength. Learn from every experience the universe gives you. Learn. That is the best "revenge" of all. In 10 years, go back to the "old" neighborhood, visit the burger joint, and (secretly) laugh at the bulles who are now ripping lettuce (not even flipping burgers) because they have no education.

Find peace. Look within, again, because it's not around you. If you are a member of a religion, participate. If not, go find a book on spirituality and (gasp!) read it.

Love yourself. If you don't, nobody else can.

smi  is an open syllable,  thus the i is long

la     the a is a schwa, pronounced /u/, so   /luh/ is correct

ca     is not only an open syllable, but followed by an e giving the long a sound
        the  c  is a hard /k/ sound unless followed by an  e  or an  i  (ce, ci)
        this one shoudl be pronounced  /kay/

ce     is an open syllable, so the  e  is long
        the  c  followed by an  e  is soft:  /see/

ae     is the spelling for the long  e  sound, although it it sometimes s schwa at the and of a long-winded latin word.

I summary, find out the common name -- it's easier!!!

This is all very handy to a 4th grade teacher who took calculus only 25 short years ago!  My current problem is to find out a formula for what another web site calls a "triangular number" pattern. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15 . . .

More to the point, how do I find all possible UNIQUE triple-dip combinations of ice cream cones. I know the formula for double-dips, but darned if I can't figure this one out.

Any help?? I am humbled by all of your brilliances.

Thank you  -- K