Fox News!

This blog's goal is to derail the common mathematical errors that are misrepresented in media.   Fox News in particular, is renown for their dishonest charts.   

For example, here is a chart, that Fox published on Tax's: 

This chart depicts the impact on the wealthy if President Bush was to stop his tax cuts.  The graph depicts a drastic increase in rate on the rich. This chart is exaggerated, if Bush stopped cutting taxes, the increase would go up from 35 percent to the current percentage  of 39.6.  This is only a five percent increase. 

This is a accurate depiction of the impact the wealthy would see:

In this chart, the vertical axis starts at zero, not 34, like the previous chart does. In reality, the change in rate for the wealthy is less significant than Fox News stressed.  

Math Class Illiteracy

Why the average US citizen is illiterate in Math

By: Theresa Kennedy

     Illiteracy in math is a fascinating topic for me as a student, because, I consider myself fairly illiterate or on my way to being illiterate in math.  I know, this a terrible thing to confess on a math blog, but, I fear it may be the truth.  There is one reason, I believe, explains why so many other Americans and I doubt their math skills.  

     It all comes down to fun; math just has never been a fun subject in school.  Unlike other school subjects, like language or English that make connections to the outside world, emotions, communication, and play, Math doesn't automatically make these connections.  Of course, every caring student understands that to succeed they must become somewhat proficient in the subject. However, it becomes much more of a choir in US schools than a pleasant pastime.  

     For many American students, math boils down to two key components, memorization and discipline.  If a student fails to memorize, something that holds no emotionally value or interest to them, they may dub themselves as, "a bad math student."  If a student would rather be doing something fun and enjoyable instead of adding numbers, a lack of discipline may force them to enter the "bad math student" bracket as well. Although this is not always true for every student in America, there seems to be a common trend occurring in our country of an aversion to equations.

     If the US wishes to climb from the pits of its low math ranks and compete with countries such as China and Portugal, it must take a different approach to the subject.  Making math fun for students of all ages is vital.  Computer games, art, and in class connections to math in the outside world would all help to make math fun again.  It is not too late to change our countries education system, but, we would be fools to keep imposing the strictness and memorization mathematics in America currently requires if, we wish to see any positive change in our nation.  

Q3 Blog 1: Humor

Q&A MATH JOKES 

Q: Why did the imaginary number turn red?

A: It ran out of i drops!

Q: What do you get when you cross a linebacker and a computer geek?

A: A linear programmer!

Q: Why did the doctor send the expression to a psychiatrist?

A: It wasn't being rational!

Q: Why are you drumming on your algebra book with two pencils?

A: Because, we're studying log rhythms!

MORE MATH JOKES!

Teacher: Why did your mom and dad do your algebra homework?!

Student: They are really good at parent functions!

History Vs. Math

Once upon a time...a history teacher and a math teacher had a debate over which is better, math or history.  

History teacher: I will resurrect Stalin's army and command them to assassinate you!

Math teacher: Oh really...., well, then, i'll just put the army in the bracket and multiple it by zero!

Note: All of the jokes stated above were taken from jokes4us.com

EVEN MORE JOKES!!

taken from: https://www.pinterest.com/oedoll/dr-sheldon-cooper-3/

taken from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/science-jokes-geeky-one-liners-nerds-love-slideshow_n_3417307.html?ref=topbar

Haha! A comedic love tragedy:

One more story joke...

e^x and a constant were walking down the street. The constant notices a differential operator walking along the other side of the street. “Oh, no!” exclaims the constant. “I’ve got to run away! You’ve got to hide me! There’s a differential operator – he could reduce me to nothing!” “Ha,” came the haughty reply. “I’m e^x. He can’t do anything to me.” So e^x walked across the street and introduced himself. “Hi. How are you doing? I am e^x,” he bragged. “Pleased to meet you,” replied the differential operator. “I’m d/dy.”

taken from: http://satprepget800.com/2014/04/28/dr-steves-favorite-math-jokes/

And...Last, but, never least!

taken from: http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/951571_700b.jpg