Bad Search, Good Answer

When people reach here by searching, they sort of announce what they were looking for. Many find what they want. But many must be disappointed. Here are a few of those. As a bonus, I will try to undisappoint some of them.

4 4s puzzle

Ah. jd2718 is the wrong site, but Four Fours is a great puzzle you can play with any group of kids. Take four fours, and combine them (lots of flexibility on the rules) to make lots of numbers. I understand everything from 1 – 100 is possible.

Eg: 81 = [4 – (4/4)]⁴

Here is a description. Search for other sites for lots of answers.

Archaeologists salary charts

– Now there's an idea. Most teachers in this country have salary charts. We have a contract that specifies how much we get, based on years of experience, and sometimes based on additional credentials or education. But archaeologists?

Dr. Dig says I am wrong:

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Let's get the money question out of the way first. As a general rule archaeologists who work for universities or for local government (this usually includes museums and government / state / authority funded excavations) will be on a fixed salary scale.

So I found one. In South Dakota, archaeologists are on a pay scale: archaeologists get $27k – 41k pa, Historical archaeologists $30k – $45k pa, and Senior Archaeologists $33k – $50k. (Wouldn't you think historical archaeologists had a lot more experience than senior archaeologists?) And remember, South Dakota cost of living is lower than New York.

charlie ebbets

– I had no clue who charlie was. And I have no idea why the searcher was directed to jd2718. I don't have a Dodger post. I don't even have a Brooklyn angle. Anyhow, I checked. There are two famous Charles Ebbetts': The photographer who took the famous picture of construction workers at the Rockefeller Center construction site, sitting on a girder eating lunch. The other (Charlie) was in fact the longtime owner of the Dodgers.

How early should I teach latin to my kid?

Never. Unless you use it at home. ;)

horse and Zebra ven diagram

Now there's an implied question! I think of Venn diagrams for sets, with nice ties to logic, and for some nice inclusion/exclusion work for kids.

But perhaps non-math teachers use them as some sort of graphic organizer? Sure enough: here is a Venn diagram generator for use as a similarities/differences graphic organizer.

positive micromanagement

Sometimes I just don't get people…