> first taught a 9th-grade general math class

This blows my mind. The kids in the US don't learn/know simple fractions until they are ±15yo? In Europe I believe it's around 9-10 years old which is still late considering I've had it when I was 7 or 8.

As a former high school math teacher, I interpreted "general math" as a class intended for students who have not been successful with the typical grade-level math curriculum. That is a situation where teachers need to get creative with instructional approaches.

Introducing fractions in 9th grade is not typical in the US either. I would charitably guess the commenter is mis-remembering or there were special circumstances, like it being a remedial course for kids who were far behind in their academic achievement.

Usually it’s around 2nd or 3rd grade, though I don’t recall exactly as I’m not an educator and my kids aren’t that old yet.

Fractions were certainly in the curriculum earlier, but were they learned? I'm sure my high school calculus cohort understood them, but I'm not sure the average adult can add fractions confidently. Those who don't are going to weigh down any math class after that point.

(I'm not blaming people traumatized by early math schooling. I just think there are many.)

My kids started learning fractions at age 7 in a very under resourced, rural school.

Something about op's story smells funny.

I went to a rural public school in the US, we did fractions in 4th grade (~9-10 years old). 9th graders learning fractions sounds highly unusual.

Yeah, there's something off in the story. I went to public schools in one of the most poorly educated cities in the US and of course we were doing fractions when we were 7. 9th grade (admittedly "honors", so about a year ahead of non-honors students) was geometry / trigonometry. For non-honors I believe that was algebra.

Claude worked it out from that description.

Is the crust edible on these, looking at the photos online that seems a lot of salt if it is?

Sounds like a modern version of an consultancy company but with a significant focus on data rather than business processes.

These are called lombard loans e.g. https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/en/private-clients/investme...

I rarely go to ticketed events any longer due to absurd prices. It’s hard for me to understand the obsession with festivals either: expensive, long queues, poor organisation, poor sound quality.

Every email program attempts to expand its features until it can no longer efficiently send email. Those programs which resist this expansion are eventually replaced by ones which cannot.

You're making some strong claims re the chess engine:

> Play, evaluate and analyze games with the strongest engine out there.

> Challenge our state-of-the-art chess AI, designed to match and enhance your skill level.

Are you using an opensource engine without specifying it?

Stockfish according to this linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pukar-khanal-54a09a287_chess-...

I struggle to see what this has over lichess and I doubt the claim that it became a go to place for chess players. Just guff.

I mostly say its useful for beginners but it, for now, doesn't stand a chance against the big giants. Do you have anything to suggest that could be useful for me?

I am just an 18 years old newbie and your feedback offers me with a lot of things to learn from. Can you provide some more suggestion that you think would be important for me?

Pinboard isn't shutting down.

> My name rhymes with "odd" and starts with the third letter of the alphabet 3. I share my name with a famous French composer (C*** Debussy)

Hilarious.