For some people, their net worth is how they keep score, how they know that they are winning at life. (After all, once you are living well off the interest on the interest, what else can you do but v… (View Post)

Centrist teacher take: It's certainly true that the best mathematician (and the one probably having the most fun) is the one who knows the most different methods. But the most effective maths teacher… (View Post)

If things can be fixed by internal clarification, rather than ripping up a long-standing treaty, that's a good thing... Isn't it? (View Post)

One of the dirty secrets we all share is that we pretty much all want to get as much as possible for the work we do, and to pay as little as possible for the work others do for us. That's not a good … (View Post)

"Are you saying I'm X?" in as outraged a voice as possible is a standard bit of deflection. There will be thousands of instances of it in secondary schools across the land today. The aim is… (View Post)