Try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombicosidodecahedron
Or this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated_rhombic_dodecahedron
And for you visual learners:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=strict&biw=1280&bih=515&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=truncated+rhombicosidodecahedron&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
Can you imagine some sadistic teacher expected me to make one of these things out of tape and paper? Sheesh.
My brain just exploded a little.
ReplyDeleterachael
Oh. my. word.
ReplyDeleteYou had to make that? Can you say murder?
ReplyDelete-Philip Nguyen
mr. kline-
ReplyDeletehave you ever ever used any of the math you have ever ever been taught. Not the addition, subtraction etc., but the strange things in algebra and geometry?
I LOVE math. Seriously. Until calculators became so complicated, I honestly thought I was going to get a math endorsement and become a math teacher one day. Who knows? I still might. I think I could still teach Algebra 1 pretty well.
ReplyDeleteGeometry and I never got along. I'm definitely not a visual or kinesthetic learner, and my Geometry teacher was a very hands-on sort. It's always been strange to me that Geometry comes between Algebra 1 and 2. It felt like an entirely different skill rather than a stepping stone between the two.
As for your question, have I used the quadratic equation since my last math class? Yes, actually. And the Pythagorean theorem is quite handy two. When you build stuff, even simple stuff, you need math.
More importantly, math built powerful, essential neural pathways. English teaches one way of thinking: this is what I believe and this why I believe it. Math teaches an entirely different way of thinking: if this is true and this is true and this is true, then this must also be true. Thoughtful human beings need training and skill in both types of thought. If we let kids simply follow their strengths and their interests, we're doing them (and our culture, eventually) a disservice.
That's probably a longer answer than you wanted, Anonymous, but sometimes teachers use the 'net to procrastinate, too.
HOMONYM ERROR!!!!! Was that intentional?!
ReplyDeleteAlas, no. Oddly enough, I already deleted and reposted this post once, in order to remove a different error. Apparently, this comment was destined to have a homonym error.
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