And beware the notorious Mr. Glitch...

[James Fabiano]

...he will eat you, if you are wrong!

[James Fabiano]

And now I am wondering...when Mathman changed to T/F questions, did that coincide with something from the old "bad retoolings" thread:

Anyone remember Square One, on PBS? The Children's Television Workshop decided to make a middle-school-oriented math show, with fantastic actors and writers (I still hum some of those songs to this day). They taught basic mathematical concepts clearly using fun sketches. It was great.

And then in the last season, things changed. Instead of having the sketches and songs focus on teaching anything, they just sold the idea over and over that math is useful and worthwhile to learn, seriously, I promise. They went from telling us what an acute angle is to having people say things like "you mean I can be a PLUMBER and still use MATH?!" And even as a kid, the tacit behind-the-scenes drama here was just too depressing to handle. Something in their research or focus groups or whatever had led them to just completely give up in despair.

[Porky's Butthole]

Man, I loved me some Square One TV. Check this out...

Check the replies! HE DID IT TWICE!!

[A Platypus Rave]

May 8, 2024 18:58:24 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

And now I am wondering...when Mathman changed to T/F questions, did that coincide with something from the old "bad retoolings" thread:

Anyone remember Square One, on PBS? The Children's Television Workshop decided to make a middle-school-oriented math show, with fantastic actors and writers (I still hum some of those songs to this day). They taught basic mathematical concepts clearly using fun sketches. It was great.

And then in the last season, things changed. Instead of having the sketches and songs focus on teaching anything, they just sold the idea over and over that math is useful and worthwhile to learn, seriously, I promise. They went from telling us what an acute angle is to having people say things like "you mean I can be a PLUMBER and still use MATH?!" And even as a kid, the tacit behind-the-scenes drama here was just too depressing to handle. Something in their research or focus groups or whatever had led them to just completely give up in despair.

True or false questions started showing up in Season 3.

though one of their t/f was definitely a "Math is useful no matter what you do" and he lost because Mathman argued with Mr. Glitch for too long