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autumn morning from my dorm room, I guess it’s aesthetically pleasing

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“In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.”

— Gertrude Stein (via wordsnquotes)

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It’s sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.

There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they aren’t used anymore!

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I took calculus my senior year of high school, and I really liked the way our teacher framed this on the first day of class.

He asked somebody to raise their hand and ask him when we would use calculus in our everyday life. So one student rose their hand and asked, “When are we going to use this in our everyday life?”

“NEVER!!” the teacher exclaimed. “You will never use calculus in your normal, everyday life. In fact, very few of you will use it in your professional careers either.” Then he paused. “So would you like to know why should care?”

Several us nodded.

He picked out one of the varsity football players in the class. “You practice football a lot during the week, right Tim?” asked the teacher.

“Yeah,” replied Tim. “Almost every day.”

“Do you and your teammates ever lift weights during practice?”

“Yeah. Tuesdays and Thursdays we spend a lot of practice in the weight room.”

“But why?” asked the teacher. “Is there ever going to be a play your coach tells you use during a game that requires you to bench press the other team?”

“No, of course not.”

“Then why lift weights?”

“Because it makes us stronger,” said Tim.

“Bingo!!” said the teacher. “It’s the same thing with calculus. You’re not here because you’re going to use calculus in your everyday life. You’re here because calculus is weightlifting for your brain.”

And I’ve never forgotten that.

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Reinhard Görner - Isaac Newton, Cambridge University (2017).

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galina

Dream job moment: today, for work, I spent an entire morning in the library archives looking at the oldest copies of Goldsmiths Students’ Union publications. The Goldsmithian goes back as far as the opening of the college in 1905, Smith(s) has issues dating back to the 20′s and 30′s. The history of radical student-lead publishing at Goldsmiths is really cool, proud to be a part of it : - )

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7:00 AM. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018. [1/100 Days of Productivity]

Starting August right with the 100 Days of Productivity challenge. I plan to further my readings on this book, along with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I’m also aiming of working on my AP Chemistry summer assignments, and possibly some SAT Prep.

As they say, busy is a blessing!