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Category: Reflections

9 Questions That Show How Common Core Math is Ruining America

What does an ostrich have to do with mathematics?

Ben Orlin Humor, Reflections 39 Comments November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 2 Minutes

There’s No Such Thing as Triangles

Teaching math is a weird job. I'm paid to tell children about imaginary things.

Ben Orlin Reflections 28 Comments November 11, 2015November 10, 2015 3 Minutes

The Quixotic Search for a “Fair” Math Test

It's happened again: a math question made students cry.

Ben Orlin Reflections 48 Comments October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 4 Minutes

Practice Math Like a Baby

I’ve always felt conflicted about repetitive practice. But a baby showed me the way.

Ben Orlin Reflections 43 Comments October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 4 Minutes

Why I’ve Stopped Doing Interviews for Yale

It's a random process, disguised as a deliberative one.

Ben Orlin Reflections 244 Comments September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 3 Minutes

The Mathematician’s Haiku Book

a series of 17-syllable definitions, for people who probably already know what the words mean

Ben Orlin Reflections 24 Comments September 2, 2015September 1, 2015 1 Minute

A Technique is Just a Trick That Went Viral

Where do you draw the line between a disposable trick and an indispensable technique?

Ben Orlin Reflections 32 Comments June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 3 Minutes

One-Word Math Classes

Can you summarize a whole branch of mathematics in one word?

Ben Orlin Reflections 64 Comments May 27, 2015May 21, 2015 4 Minutes

America Will Run Out Of Good Questions By 2050

I'd never thought of questions like fossil fuel. A nonrenewable resource. But the thought kept popping back up.

Ben Orlin Reflections 22 Comments May 6, 2015May 5, 2015 3 Minutes

A Math Teacher’s Guide to Explaining Technology to Your Parents

And so was born that tragicomedy of 21st-century life: young people trying to explain technology to their parents.

Ben Orlin Reflections 5 Comments April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 4 Minutes

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