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fandomhigh2021-09-29 04:53 am
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Math; Wednesday, First Period [09/29].
Summer had thought about putting a note up on the classroom door to tell everyone to meet in the danger shop, only to wander straight into her exact-replica classroom simulation, but, honestly, for math class, where one might actually get their hopes up for doing something other than math, that just seemed...cruel. So it was just the same old regular classroom this week, but with a markedly different teacher at the front of it.
"Hiiiiii, guyyyyyyys," Summer greeted with an almost apologetic sort of drawl. "So, some of you may know me, some of you might not, but my name's Summer and I'm temporarily going to be your teacher this week." Because she owed penance and might possibly be flailing for what to do about the rest of the weeks, since she'd promised Rosa she'd find someone else to teach it and hadn't yet, she had a lot going on this week, okay?. "Now, full disclosure, I am definitely not a math scholar by any margin of the word, I'm pretty sure I was literally thisclose to failing out of it in my earlier high school days, and most of it's kind of useless because we have phones. But, in the spirit of the class and to avoid any issues with a very demanding moose that seems a little way too into this whole math class thing, we're going to at least try to learn how to do something, like, the old fashioned way, like we're, I don't know, fucking cavemen, or whatever. Abacus optional.
"Specifically, I figured we'd try to do something useful that, you know, actually shows up in a lot of places, in my jobs in particular, and that's percentages. We'll mostly focus on what kind of deals you're getting when there's a great sale going on somewhere, sales taxes, and tips, because always tip your waitstaff and bartenders, people! So, like, what even is a percentage? Welllll, according to Wikipedia, it's a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100, or basically, a part of a whole...."
At which point she drew a circle on the board, dividing it in half, and explaining how each half represented 50% of the circle. Then into quarters--25%--and then into various different percertages and blah blah blah. And that lead into breaking down how to even figure this shit out, using sales, sales tax, and how to tip your bartender as the main examples, but with a few other things tossed in, until the board was sort of filled with some attempted equations (she definitely pulled out her calculator a few times to double check her own work) and a lot of tangential drawings that she felt really added some flavor and interest to the whole thing.
"So, yeah," she concluded. "That's percentages, I guess? I mean, even with the tip thing, there's literal apps you can use to figure that out, but, hey, I guess all this is pretty useful if you, like, lost your phone or something or you're one of those poor souls from worlds without them. Any questions? What do you guys do now? Like, I mean, I guess come up to the board and do some examples? I seriously do not know what to do here with a normal class, like what even is this? I feel like I should have brought gremlins in whith me or something, just to mkae it be something...."
She didn't, for the record, although maybe that gave her an idea for next week if she failed to find a substitute for her subtituting this class by next week.
"Hiiiiii, guyyyyyyys," Summer greeted with an almost apologetic sort of drawl. "So, some of you may know me, some of you might not, but my name's Summer and I'm temporarily going to be your teacher this week." Because she owed penance and might possibly be flailing for what to do about the rest of the weeks, since she'd promised Rosa she'd find someone else to teach it and hadn't yet, she had a lot going on this week, okay?. "Now, full disclosure, I am definitely not a math scholar by any margin of the word, I'm pretty sure I was literally thisclose to failing out of it in my earlier high school days, and most of it's kind of useless because we have phones. But, in the spirit of the class and to avoid any issues with a very demanding moose that seems a little way too into this whole math class thing, we're going to at least try to learn how to do something, like, the old fashioned way, like we're, I don't know, fucking cavemen, or whatever. Abacus optional.
"Specifically, I figured we'd try to do something useful that, you know, actually shows up in a lot of places, in my jobs in particular, and that's percentages. We'll mostly focus on what kind of deals you're getting when there's a great sale going on somewhere, sales taxes, and tips, because always tip your waitstaff and bartenders, people! So, like, what even is a percentage? Welllll, according to Wikipedia, it's a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100, or basically, a part of a whole...."
At which point she drew a circle on the board, dividing it in half, and explaining how each half represented 50% of the circle. Then into quarters--25%--and then into various different percertages and blah blah blah. And that lead into breaking down how to even figure this shit out, using sales, sales tax, and how to tip your bartender as the main examples, but with a few other things tossed in, until the board was sort of filled with some attempted equations (she definitely pulled out her calculator a few times to double check her own work) and a lot of tangential drawings that she felt really added some flavor and interest to the whole thing.
"So, yeah," she concluded. "That's percentages, I guess? I mean, even with the tip thing, there's literal apps you can use to figure that out, but, hey, I guess all this is pretty useful if you, like, lost your phone or something or you're one of those poor souls from worlds without them. Any questions? What do you guys do now? Like, I mean, I guess come up to the board and do some examples? I seriously do not know what to do here with a normal class, like what even is this? I feel like I should have brought gremlins in whith me or something, just to mkae it be something...."
She didn't, for the record, although maybe that gave her an idea for next week if she failed to find a substitute for her subtituting this class by next week.
Sign In - Math, 09/29.
Listen to the Lecture - Math, 09/29.
It's actually pretty high!
Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
On the one hand, Summr might not notice if you mess it up. On the other hand, that means that if you're actually hoping to learn math, you might be out of luck.
Talk to Summer - Math, 09/29.
OOC - Math, 09/29.
Re: Sign In - Math, 09/29.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
But for now?
"Hmmmmm," she looked thoughtful for a moment, before she herself pulled up her phone for inspiration.
"Oooh, okay! Perfect! Let's say there's a sale at your favorite store, and, like, the cutest tops in the world are on sale. They're usually $20, but they're on sale for 25% off. You have $40. So how many cute tops can you actually buy?"
See? She was framing it in real-world situations where it might be actually helpful to know the answer!
Of course, she did have to punch in the numbers herself to make sure she knew the answer, too.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
The idea of a spending limit was new to Jo, so trying to work out how much money she could spend was a little more complicated but she wasn't going to admit that, instead she was slowly counting on her fingers, "it's uh...2?" she tried eventually, still feeling a little lost.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
"Actually?" she said, sounding a little surprised herself. "It is two! So then, I guess, the real question is: how much money would have have left over?"
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
"Exactly!" she confirmed with confidence. "Ten dollars! Each shirt costs $15 with the discount, so two of them would cost 30, and that gives you ten dollars left over. Just five dollars short of being able to get another one, so maybe time to go flirt with a cutie at the smoothie bar in the mall to see if they can spot you that extra fiver, am I right?"
Re: Sign In - Math, 09/29.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
Re: Class Activity: Percentages! - Math, 09/29.
Which, actually, Summer could use this!
"So, okay," she offered, "this is, what, week five? And there are seventeen weeks of class. Let's actually say sixteen, excluding the exam week, because that's an easier number to work with. And if you've had four classes with Ms. Diaz so far, and the rest of the sixteen classes will be without her, what percentage of the class will actually have been taught by Ms. Diaz and what percentage would not me?"
Honestly, Summer was kind of proud of that one, and it did work out pretty nicely with the numbers!