#The Math + Science Show

[knightmareaceblue]

Cyberweek 2024 Day Five: Crossover

Pfft, I've been on an AvA kick recently, so I guess it's not too surprising that I chose this. On one hand, this crossover works well in theory. The stick figures are all fast, kinetic learners and really good at demonstrating their earned skills and knowledge.

On the other hand, the sheer tonal dissonance is hilarious.

[muppetminge]

gd i get so fucking angry when i see crying about "boys are doing worse in school :(" being pulled up to look like a huge problem. you're not upset about boys doing 'badly' - you're upset about girls doing well. blaming it on the school system is so funny because tell me how the school system is suddenly modelled after the girls when we weren't even allowed in when the basis of the current system was being created lmao.

the difference between average grade by sex is about the same as the regional/geographic difference and it's less than the difference sorted by race/ethnicity (not even to mention the socioeconomic differences), yet these aren't the differences creating headlines every year. why?

because you find girls doing well wrong, like it's upsetting the natural order. you're hanging on to this idea that girls are stupid, yet when you're proved wrong you refuse to accept it, hanging on to an excuse of systematic differences that have to be solved now, because won't somebody please think of the poor boys :(

so we're looking at averages. here's the thing: those are never going to level out. we're always going to see one group being above/below others. you're just upset it's not in the "right" order.

the difference is smaller than you'd think, by the way. when i was in high school (non-us system, meaning voluntary/different kinds of secondary) we were 70 percent women. you know what else? the girls, in general, were working fucking hard. every single grade point they fucking earned. there's this story of girls' grades being inflated due to this and that, but all i've seen is boys getting grades for doing less - because they're outnumbered, the poor things, so it's obviously the teacher's job to support them, right? right??

even in trade school where we were a handful of girls per year, i saw nothing but the girls putting in their all and the boys showing up. sometimes. if they felt like it.

but it's a systemic problem, right? how else would girls be doing well? we've got to solve this, lest the boys get their egoes wounded by not placing in their 'natural' position. gd forbid we end up with an overweight of women professionals.

[bixels]

so how exactly does magic work in your au?

There are four main methods of magic:

Tonics – your basic potion-making/alchemy. The brewer must be able to disassemble and weave ingredients together into a greater sum of its parts. This type of magic must be ingested to affect a person's physical properties and traits. They're temporary.

Formulas – physical pieces of art with magic encoded in itself. These can take the form of woven charms, embroidered fabrics, or drawn artwork (often in art-nouveau, secessionist, or modern styles). A witch fluent in formulaic magic can read and translate these pieces into hexes. These are considered high forms of delicate art. Spellbooks will often contain pages of these instead of instructions or notes. Formulas affect an area indefinitely. Collectors will often frame or display them, especially if they offer good luck or protection.

3. Hexes – incantations, blessings, and curses. They must be spoken, usually in rhyming form. While blessings are temporary, curses must be broken or dispelled.

4. Spells – the softest and least complicated magic. Wave your hands and an object will float towards you. Spells come naturally to most witches and do not need to be uttered, as it only requires the will of the mind and heart to produce. Before long, casting spells becomes second nature and an extension of ones motor functions.

[stuckinapril]

my gma told me that my mom used to wake up, eat breakfast, then study for 12 hours straight. every fuckin day. and my gpa would bring her food and tell her to take breaks bc of how immersed she was. she’s literally my role model forever

[keef-a-corn]

My 99 day was yesterday and it was spent waiting for a train and in exams

Tech core I suppose

[krakrac]

execution arthur appreciation because i am so not normal about him.

[butchsaint]

i might fuck around and become a paramedic

[doeneb]

May j have your permission to put my oc(Miss Roslyn/Mary Roslyn) in the UniversityOfHome Au?

Of course! I don't have a lot of rules for it and you can be practically anything in the au!

Only rules so far:

• If you are a teacher please put a lanyard/ID on the character and have the school's "UH" logo somewhere on the outfit!

That's about it do far lol

But yeah go wild ❤️

(Remember to read the tags! I ramble in there so posts aren't too long and put information in there!)

[somecunttookmyurl]

"why don't they just phrase it 'muscle is denser than fat' because that's what they mean"

because things are simplified for the lowest common denominator and whilst you and i understand the semantic difference between weight and density a lot of people don't* but will generally understand (correctly so) that "muscle weighs more than fact" means muscle occupies less space without you having to explain weight vs density first

it's about the communication not the accuracy *including, apparently, the authors of healthline articles

[morganski-19]

What if like Steve is really smart in something that no one would suspect him of being. Like everyone drags on his intelligence a lot, but he isn't exactly dumb. Does he always pick up on the most obvious point and understand that immediately. Not exactly. But that doesn't distinguish between a person with a lot of intelligence and no intelligence.

This isn't a new thought, but in season three he picked up the location of the Russian base because he figured out the tune was coming from the mall. He chose to pay attention to the noises in the background instead of the transmission coming through. This made Robin able to solve the riddle because she knew the location of the base in the first place.

So Steve is smart, just not in ways that are shown in the show, which is mostly science and dnd lore. There are so many possibilities of what Steve could be really smart at.

I've seen a bunch of different takes on what this could be, but here is my submission.

What is Steve is really fucking good at geometry. Like he's a sports guy, which happens to use a lot of math. Take basketball for example, its simple angles would give the best trajectory for the ball to fall perfectly into the basket. Or in baseball, the perfect angle to hit the ball to get a home run. Is there some physics involved too, sure. But the basis of all of those ideas is built off the simple geometric concepts. So with some trial and error, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Steve used his understanding of geometry and applied that to sports.

I'm not saying he's a math genius who can do calculations in his head in the middle of a basketball game to find the trajectory that would make the perfect shot. But I am saying that maybe during one of his math classes, it came a bit easier to him because he already had a little bit of understanding. And maybe he then used what he learned in class to improve his skills.

It's not something that would come up in the show, but knowing the right angle to hit a demogorgon the right way so it stumbles sure would help.

[bingus-bing-bong]

So my brain has been buzzing about Young Dracula again and I realised vlad’s 17 in series 3 so hes assumably taking Alevels.  When Jonno turns uphe mentiones he’s taking a look around the Sixth Form. But we hear him revising history with Erin and see him going to a cookery class in episode 8. So what on earth are his actual Alevel choices!

Then I remembered in episode 2 we see his timetable for a brief momemt when the count shows it to Miss McCauley.  I haven’t managed to get a clear screenshot espically of the whole thing but it reads as follows:

Monday: DT, home ec, english, maths, art, History Tuesday: science, english, art, home ec, french Wednesday: RS, Science, Sport, Geography, Maths Thursday: Personal and social development, english, history, maths, science Friday: sport, french, english, science, geography

@thatsadsmallchild and I have been trying to narrow down what his actual alevels are as clearly Garside Grange enforces a lot for Alevels. If it didn’t state “lower sixth form” at the top of his timeable it’d be assumed he’s finishing up GCSEs tbh.

Obvious ones for being enforced are Sport, social dev, RS, DT, and home Ec.  I would assume Art would be a part of this mostly as Vlad’s a little nerd. That then leaves us witth: english, maths, science, geography, history, and french. 

Id assume French is one of his Alevels. An easy pass given he can speak languages easily with vampire powers. Mostly as I don’t see many schools enfocing forgein languages up to Alevels. 

We reckon that his other two Alevels are: History and Geography.  partly as they suit his personality and partly as Eng, maths, and science seem most likely to be enforced. 

Although if he’s doing 4 its almost certainly gunna be english I’d say.

Fun amusing thing we found also is his lunch is from 12:50 till 12:10???

In conclusion Garside Grange would be a shit place to take your Alevels as you barely get to in between all the enfoced classes.

[raffcomix]

Here's how much of a baby you should eat a day

Y'know... Just in case...

[freakystinky]

the way tumblr talks about medicine makes me wonder how many of us here actually have critical thinking skills

[pb-and-jammothy]

If you get this, answer with three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! anon or not, doesn't matter, lets get to know the person behind the blog <3

Hi, wasn't expecting this, but cool!

I'm pb-and-jammothy, I'll probably answer to any variation of that pseudonym, except for Jim, and quite a few unrelated nicknames, here are some fun facts about me:

I'm British American, but in a kinda weird way, often this can be seen in my relatively shallow understanding about British or American things, and me using British and American spelling (though I tend to stick to one spelling of a word, it may just be an American spelling right next to a British one).

I really like cooking! I'm rather a picky eater for sensory reasons, and I'm really not a fan of trying new foods, so I'm rather proud of my abilities in the kitchen. Learning how to cook vegetables in a way where I actually enjoy them is an Absolute Game Changer whooo boy. My goal this year (which I've been achieving - 2 I've tried and been successful with and a handful ready to try next) is to learn new recipes for things I can make regularly.

I have 3 notes for fanfic ideas for a combined total of just under 14k words, with the separation being by fandom. I want to make progress in turning them from rambles about ideas into actual fics, but most of them are geared towards multi-chapter long-fics, which I've tried writing over the years, but haven't finished a single one, hence why my current ao3 accounts only have one shots published. Can't really work on any of them right now since I've got deadlines, but maybe this is a project for the summer (alongside reading a bunch of mythology books in prep for a Percy Jackson inspired ttrpg campaign I'm gonna run).

Uhh yeah, that's me. 😁👍

[driftwooddestiel]

i actually love my physics teacher sm hes so fun. we had a non-graded test today and he included a really stupid physics meme that was like “my girlfriend said she needed time and distance… is she trying to calculate velocity?” and then had THREE bonus questions you could get extra marks from. and the bonus questions were all trivia questions about the ac/dc music video he showed us in class a couple of weeks ago. its especially funny cos when he was telling us the trivia in class when we watched the video, someone asked if it was gonna be on a test and he said “well, maybe… they dont like when i add my own questions but you never know” (paraphrased) and we all assumed he was joking and that if it did get included itd be like . just setting a word problem in the music video or smth not literally asking us about the video. its amazing

[cappurrccino]

daydreaming about getting/having a doctorate, so I expect to get catastrophically sad and overwhelmed with regret later