The “Word Problem” Problem

To me, the very phrase “word problems” sounds bizarre. It’s like “food meals” or “page novels.”

Are You a Dish-Washing Robot?

To see what math class is like for memorization-driven students, imagine that you’re a household robot.

Voila, you've got a solution, no thinking required!

"I always tell people," my dad said, "the point of school is to help you not to think."

Like Roald Dahl and Catherine-Zeta Jones, the equals sign was born in Wales.

Computer Science: God threw something together under a 7-day deadline. He's still debugging.

You've been multiplying from behind a blindfold. Tear that cloth from your eyes, and begin to see!

This spaceship is designed for five passengers? But I'm mostly going to ride it alone. Doesn't that waste space and fuel?

Change We Can Believe In? Or Delta-Y We Can Verify Empirically?

Once there weren’t numbers, and life was cold and sad. You might say “I’ve got lots of stuff!” but not how much you had.