Happy PI Day! The math students are selling pies as a fundraiser, and I got the following email:

[junebug]

Today is 14th of March: 3.14 -, annual PI day. If you are a real math geek you will observe it at 1:59:26 of course (3.1415926) but if you are a normal person you will just shake your head and think how some people have very sad and lonely lives. (below you will find the first 10000 decimal digits of our favorite constant)

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[junebug]

(This is only barely FRC, and pardon my nerdiness!)

 

[lisainla]

We are celebrating this in my Math pedagogy class by taking our first exam - smileys/frown.gif

 

[junebug]

Awww! Hope it goes well. Have some pie later!

 

[curious1]

Well, you can spell pedagogy, pronounce it ( I assume) and know what it means, how can you lose?

 

[yama-d]

Your "nerdiness" is appreciated. I LOVE math! Happy Pi Day to you, too.

 

[lisainla]

Well, I guess it's less tongue-twisterish than "teaching teachers to teach" smileys/wink.gif

Try saying that 3 times fast....

 

[curious1]

Ah, I should have googled, it sounds more complicated than that, although that's complicated enough,

I hope it went well.