Memo to medics: it's about emotions as well as tumours

The Guardian

How to digest this risk, as a patient, is perplexing for philosophical more than mathematical reasons. It is much easier, first of all, to conceive of ...



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Before We Look Ahead, a Look Back on Bloomberg

NBC New York

The action was designed to improve education -- and the mayor has cited better scores in math and reading tests as evidence that mayoral control, ...



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Proctoring harder than it looks

phillyBurbs.com

I also accidentally shortened a 25-minute math section by 10 minutes, so I received disconcerting stares and wide-open mouths while I prattled on about the ...

Introverted, afraid and careless?
Q. When I get lower marks than someone specifically a smarter student, I get stressed out suddenly. This also happens when there is a quiz and a a student in a group answers a mathematical sum 2 seconds after the question is written on the whiteboard ; I can't concentrate on doing the sum anymore and I get stressed out and emotional.This also happens in Bahasa Malaysia.(i mean do they study like crazy or something?) When my group talks to me I talk in a somber way and my group looks down on me. Furthermore, when the students want to make a group, the smart students make one on their own without choosing me as their member. I mean, i'm smart also but they don't like me because they have different interests and they hate mine. They like sports, [cont.]
Asked by J.C_Tea - Fri Jan 9 23:50:32 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think social things are hard at your age, anyway. I can tell you one thing. My youngest son was going through the same thing when he was fourteen. He didn't quite fit in, but I could see that he really had a caring personality and wasn't into a lot of the negative things the other kids were interested in. Sounds a bit like you. As he got older, his good sense and good heart let him turn into a great young man. Now, all the girls are after him, because they are tired of the guys who are sarcastic, uncaring, shallow. I guess my point is that when a 14 year old is mature for his age, sometimes he doesn't quite fit in. But trust me, all your good points will really pay off later. Also, if you can think of something you're… [cont.]
Answered by happyonthewater - Sat Jan 10 00:12:47 2009

Could someone help me please?
Q. 2x + x + 1/3x= a. 2/3x b 2 1/3x c 4/3x d 3 1/3(x) Solve for the variable y. a 16/x b 8x c 72 d 2x/8 You get full credit for a word problem to which you answer 4/8 True or False Are variables.. a have no fixed or quantitative value b have a fixed value in a specified mathematical contex c change constantly and cannot be successfully used in mathematics d include the length of one's socks as it relates to test anxiety
Asked by epharata23 - Wed Nov 5 13:15:48 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

Play off of something I asked yesterday (mixtape idea)?
Q. I asked about a Mixtape idea I had but I think I made it too confusing. Anyway I'm going to clear it up. And I want you to tell me what you think. the cover will have a graffiti looking picture with a huge sun surrounding like a frame. inside would be little doodles floating around(stars, a crescent moon, a stick figure inside of a ring) the title which is ... All U See IS... All- representing Allah or just "all" U- as You or Universe See or Cee(c)- representing to see, to have insight, to comprehend through the mind s eye IS- representing (I) for Islam is our Culture not a religion like traditional Islam. We are a culture that lives in tune with our divine nature. This means to live in tune with the Universe and the mathematical… [cont.]
Asked by Truly Poetic!!! - Sun Mar 1 15:05:35 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. its definitely a good concept and its gonna allow for you to prove your lyricism (which is what it seems like you want to be your focal point). whether the lyricism is good or not, you did pick some hot songs to rap over
Answered by mcdunkin - Sun Mar 1 17:31:50 2009