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When there is an imbalance in opportunity between one math student and another—say, for instance, between a student born in Singapore and one born in Sudan; or one attending a neighborhood school and another one in an elite or private school—which can be reduced or eliminated by affirmative action policies or by government grants or subsidies.
Covid-19 has exposed the mathematical entropy between those who can afford to study from home and those without a computer or internet connection.
by MathPlus November 25, 2020
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The bar model method is so addictive that an unhealthy number of Singapore math students in middle school, who are expected to use algebra to solve challenging math questions, couldn’t be weaned from it.
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Pastors tell their congregations: “no mask, no mass”; principals tell their classes: “no mask, no math.”
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Get the No Mask, No Math mug.A biologically inherited but atrophied sense that allows some born with an average or below-average IQ and EQ to punch above their weight cognitively, by lying and scheming their way to only survive but also thrive in life, without getting caught, fined, and jailed for their unethical and immoral lifestyle.
Don has resurrected this trump-sense in him, which had enabled him to become the most powerful man in the world even for just “serving” one term in office.
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Guesstimate how many Covid-📱calls were made globally during the lockdowns, as the number of infections and deaths show no signs of abating.
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The God of acceleration shows that He doesn’t operate according to our human’s natural timeline—what would normally take us years to achieve, He could just do it in the twinkle of an eye.
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