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...Totally Tessellated," (http://library.advanced.org/16661), which features information on the background, history and application of tessellations in math, science and decoration through the ages, was a collaborative effort that grew out of the three's chance meeting at a summer program two years...

Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Three First-Years Hit Jackpot in 'Net Contest | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

...wanted to focus on art and math," Kay said. "We considered chaos, music and math and ended up with tessellations in the art category of the competition. It is a subject of some usefulness in geometry and one that most people learn in the classroom...

Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Three First-Years Hit Jackpot in 'Net Contest | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

...every kid has Nathan's seemingly innate ability to budget his time. Many others are overwhelmed by the intense pressure, and that is when parents need to step in. Caitlin Nish, 17, of Westfield, N.J., baby-sits 2 hr. every day, tutors three students in math 3 to 6 hr. a week, plays sports, belongs to clubs and edits an award-winning high school newspaper. She does homework for 6 hr. till 1:30 a.m. "Sometimes I am about to break into tears," she says. "Just having my mother put her arm around me and say that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents' Guide: Time Flies | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...were grocery shopping one day and when we got to the checkout line, I saw that the cashier was this dreamy football player from my math class. I wanted to be able to talk to him alone, so I asked my mom to just leave and give me the money and I would handle everything alone. So as he was bagging my food, he kept giving me these sly smiles and I was feeling like we were clicking really well. When I got home to unload the groceries, I remembered we had picked up some laxatives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oh My God--I'm Sooo Embarrassed!!! | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...workbooks and software. Since 1996 our firm has provided the Meeker model to almost 150 schools serving more than 60,000 youngsters. These schools have documented statistically significant increases in academic achievements. By developing intellectual strength and stamina, students increase their mental power and endurance--whether they are learning math, the grammar of English or other languages, how to read music, run a four-cylinder engine, program a computer or balance a ledger. By strengthening our students' thinking abilities today, we can enrich their lives tomorrow. WILLIAM E. BROCK, Chairman Intellectual Development Systems, Inc. Annapolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

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