treehousekeeper

@zoomafrika1 There is this thing called a globe.

How do I explain it to my kids?

@Matt_Pinner Nemo

Name a famous captain

@Mishi_2210 Couple = 2. Sons = 5. Daughters = 7. Babies = 21. Total = 35. That said, only the couple went on the picnic. So the actual answer is 2.

This is supposed to be one of the hardest problems ever to solve. Is it? Or isn’t it?

@AntiWokeMemes A man pretending to be a woman.

How would you describe this 'woman'?

@atufaishere You do understand men do stuff for the family and household too right?

What men don’t understand is…. Nobody cooks for her. Nobody cleans for her. Nobody makes her meals. Nobody does her laundry. Nobody makes sure she’s okay. Nobody caters to her period. A woman is always instantly looked at as someone who needs to take care of everyone.

@VoicesUnheard Train your kid to use the bathroom during break. This was not a problem 50 years ago.

I am THAT mom. You deny my 6-year-old the bathroom and they end up humiliated in class? I’m walking into that school the same day. And if I’m paying thousands for private school? Even worse. “Should’ve gone during break” doesn’t work on a child. Kids aren’t on a schedule like that. Let them use the bathroom. 😡💔

@rpondiscio Exactly. How they could not have figured out that ED Hirsch is right by this time is beyond me.

If a school is cutting back on science, social studies, and the arts to make more time for literacy they're making it worse. Teaching content is not something that can wait until kids can read. Teaching content IS teaching reading. youtube.com/watch?v=RiP-ij…

@Lilly_22100 Could be anything, but I'll go with T 🤣

What letter is Missing?

@Matt_Pinner Exactly one. Me. But I wouldn't characterize it as dysphoria. Just wanting things to be different than they were. And part of growing up is learning to accept the things you cannot change.

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@wil_da_beast630 It makes perfect sense that apes would land at around IQ 75 on tasks that apes can perform as that is what's needed for survival in a low complexity environment.

Primate IQ is measured on special tests designed to estimate IQ for 1-5 year old illiterate children. This makes sense, because monkeys cannot read. Monkeys clearly do not have the same IQ scores as people in Albania, Nepal, India, Nigeria, etc. Bear in mind, the US tested score in 1953 was "85" in today's terms. Think about this.

@pickover Define "next" real number.

Mathematics. A mathematician emerges from a cave, hands you the slip of paper below, and asks "Is the distance from one real number to the next greater than zero?" What is your response?

@UBR_804 One answer is 14. Another is 10. Another is 5347. It could be literally anything.

Can you SOLVE this? 🤔 Only 1 persent will succeed!!!!

@bella123jen @ronsterd89 Round 720 to 8 times 2? Wow.

@treehousekeeper @ronsterd89 I like my way better thanks! Round 720 to 8 times 2. MINIMUM 20%. And more.

@EastTNMama I believe what you're trying to say is that I is a subject and me is an object.

I just want people who are smart to stop saying “my wife and I” or “my husband and I” when it’s supposed to be me. This one is so very easy to fix. If you would say me you say my wife and me. —She and I went to work. He told my wife and me. I went to work. He told me. Let me help

@bella123jen @ronsterd89 What does "round up the first three numbers" mean? Just take 10% and double it. So 10% of $72 is $7.20. 7.20 x 2 is $14.40.

@ronsterd89 $16.00. ROUND UP THE FIRST 3 NUMBERS AND MULTIPLY TIMES 2. That's 20%. Minimum!!!!!!!!!!

@ronsterd89 $15

@jason_howerton Civilization.

A functioning society where everyone can do those things.

@TolentinoTeach Yes--writing is thinking exposed. If you haven't seen it, check out John Bean's Engaging Ideas.

My students who are poor writers are also poor thinkers. Many are smart, but their ideas are sporadic, unfocused, and weak. This is why students MUST learn how to write clear and focused arguments. Writing trains the mind to think clearly and rationally.

@SaqibBanbh90290 57

Can You Solve This Without a Calculator?

@flowidealism My point was that K-8 is straightforward whereas 9-12 is less so. Mastering 9-12 math independently is not trivial. I didn't realize you were talking about secondary school admissions.

@treehousekeeper One of the students who had no math by 9th grade (he had been unschooled) went on to major in engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Over the decades, I've interviewed thousands of kids for admissions. When a kid or parent says, "they read for hours every day," my immediate thought is: no problem here. Maybe some math to catch up on, but the foundation is there. Readers have both literacy and cognitive skills to succeed.