Math jokes collection by Andrej and Elena Cherkaev

Ernst Eduard Kummer (1810-1893), a German algebraist, was sometimes slow at calculations.. Whenever he had occasion to do simple arithmetic in class, he would get his students to help him. Once he had to find 7 x 9. "Seven times nine," he began, "Seven times nine is er -- ah --- ah -- seven times nine is. . . ." "Sixty-one," a student suggested. Kummer wrote 61 on the board. "Sir," said another student, "it should be sixty-nine." "Come, come, gentlemen, it can't be both," Kummer exclaimed. "It must be one or the other."

Lots of funny jokes here.

Native American Homework

Do this for a grade by Friday.

How fast can you type?

How fast can you type? Just try it for fun.

Read it if you like...

This would suggest that there is a sort of "morality module" in the brain that is activated at an early age. Evidence from neuroscience would back this up, to a degree. In my last book, The Human Mind, I noted that certain brain areas become activated when we engage in cooperation with others, and that these areas are associated with feelings of pleasure and reward. It also seems that certain areas of the brain are brought into action in situations where we feel empathy and forgiveness.

Taken from here.

A human face on a tragedy

A girl in Pakistan. 

Jared Diamond

Write a report on Jared Diamond's new book "Collapse".

Mawson Station Webcam - Australian Antarctic Division

http://www.aad.gov.au/asset/webcams/mawson/

Ever want to go Antarctica?

ROGER SANDALL - Author of The Culture Cult

http://www.culturecult.com/art_notes.htm

WHy is africa so poor?

http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20051024&s=rice

Read this and comment on your blog.

Which book would you rather read?

Of these two books which would you rather read.

Read this article and comment on your blog

First read this article.

Second write a reaction on your blog.

I will be checking your blogs tomorrow.

Assignment for Ancient Rome

http://freerhistory.4t.com/webprojects/ANCIENT%20ROME.htm

Due Wednesday

village voice > nyclife > The Essay by Tony Perrottet

village voice > nyclife > The Essay by Tony Perrottet check it out!

The Age of the Essay

The Age of the Essay. Check it out. It might help you in class.

Students Discover Economics in Its Natural State - New York Times

Check out this cool article.

Buddhist Stories

Check out these stories.

What do you think?

Check it out. Exponents.