Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Math competitions] are fun. They're fun to take," said Putnam Fellow Michael L. Develin '00. "There are all these pathetic people who took math exams in high school [such as the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and want to relive those glory days...
...addition, the official, three-student Harvard team, composed of Samuel Grushevsky '99, Dragos N. Oprea '00 and Stephen S. Wang '98, placed first in the nation, beating out Duke, Princeton and MIT and bringing a $25,000 prize to the Harvard Math Department...
According to Taubes, about sixty Harvardstudents took the exam this year, but, saidDevelin, anyone who is interested in math shouldattempt the Putnam...
...while classroom Internet access makes for great headlines and campaign speeches, the idea's actual educational value is debatable. Kids certainly won't learn basic math and reading skills by surfing the Web. Conducting research on the Internet is, for the most part, tedious and unreliable. A good library is often a better substitute. Cheaper, too. According to an estimate by McKinsey & Co., total costs of the technology (which includes the costs of staffing, training, upgrading and replacing equipment) could range from $14 billion to $47 billion in initial outlays and another $4 billion to $14 billion in annual operating...
...during fifth period, Alisha Golden, 12, heard the fire alarm sound. Alisha wondered, in passing, why her math teacher looked surprised and then heard someone say it was Drew Golden (who is no relation to Alisha) who pulled the alarm. Despite fleeting suspicions that it was a false alarm, the exercise proceeded, and Alisha kept moving, lining up at the side exits as prescribed by the drill. The kids, a little giddy at this momentary reprieve from math and English, poured out the side entrance into the midday sun--a steady stream of energy and youth, vulnerable flesh racing straight...