Restating my Assumptions
In the movie “Pi” by Darren Aronofsky, the protagonist is working on discovering patterns in pi. Every now and then, he will hit some...
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NCTM Grant in Discrete Mathematics Awarded
I spent about 2 months putting together this website, a professional portfolio, mission statements, and revising my resume and writing...
Women in STEAM Empowerment Luncheon based on Neon Museum in Warsaw
In 2018, I created and ran a motivational luncheon for every female calculus student at White Plains High School, and it was a smashing...
Making Math Visible
My new idea “making math visible.” Get them out of their classrooms for a bit! Posting and doing their work all around the school for...
I Stand on the Shoulders of Giants
In 2008, I was given the option to teach honors pre-calculus for the first time. The next year, as was the policy of my school at the...
In the end as it began. One empty apartment.
There’s a strange sort of peace that you feel when you move into a new apartment with nothing. Maybe you have a mattress on the floor, a...
Mr. Piil, my 7th grade computer teacher, a eulogy.
In remembrance of John Piil, my beloved junior high computer teacher. He passed away about 6 months ago, and this is what I wrote. *** I...
“A sublime woman does not disappear into her surroundings” -the Museum of automobiles and fashion, Málaga, Spain
Well, add to the list: learn about engines. This museum was just incredible. Housed in a former tobacco factory, the museum juxtaposed...
J’s two moms (spoiler: one is me.)
First week of school, September 2023. School starts without incident, save for one very young-looking, very slight young man weighing...
Where it all began, although I didn’t know it at the time
July 31, 2023 Zagreb, Croatia (Transcript from Video, censored and edited a bit to remove all of the F-bombs I dropped because I was SO...
How to make a classroom a home.
I don't mean hang motivational posters, geometry formula signs you steal from canva (although they're GREAT!). I mean make it a home....
Stir Creativity… divine mathematical inspiration from Warsaw’s STEM museums
In 24 hours In what MUST be divine intervention In what MUST be listening to the universe In what MUST be communing with the ancestors In...
Write more. Create more. Love more. All without fear.
Today my friend Mika Roque mentioned the phrase “love bombing” to me. I didn’t know what that was. So I did what responsible educated...
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