September 28th to October 11th

9/28/07

“Yeah sure, you can use a calculator.”
“On second thought, no calculator…”
“I changed my mind… you can use a calculator.”

“There are sometimes where I can’t even do justice to the language.”

“I haven’t done this, so it will just be off the cuff.”

“In the language of mathematics, mixed with a little English…”

“Yeah… well… ok.”

10/1/07

“Rrrrabbbit…”

“Oh no, It’s rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.”

“I’m telling a story here.”

“At 5:00, when I arose, my first thoughts were of my daughter… going to her Greek class.

“Hold your enthusiasm.”

“I’ll give you a little… primer on chain rule.”

“I’ve told you, you can’t do this.”

“Kiera… you… uh rock.”

“I love, I’d really love… I think I’d like to teach Calculus.”

“And she said, ‘Keep dreaming, Calculus is my life.’”

10/2/07

“Remember, don’t drink and derive. All good mathematicians know that.”

“I’m on fire!”

“Jerk is what spills your soft drink.” (reading from the textbook)

“I’m just as confused. I’m confused… about it.

“I’m going to get Daniel up and dance to Aretha Franklin.”

“I want to get that into your lexicon of thinking.”

“Oh baby, we’re getting into it now!”

“Do you guys line dance? Do you go line dancing? (not a response to any previous conversation)

“You are just Calculus fools, that’s all you are.”

10/3/07

“If you didn’t get it, we’ll hang draw and quarter you tomorrow at dawn.”

“That was kind of flogging the problem.”

“Oh, uh, oh, oh, oh. You’re going to die when you see this.”

Meghan: “We don’t have that keen eye like you.”
Fitz: “I know, I know.”

“I smirk and laugh.”

“I’m laughing at myself here, no just… I’m not laughing at you.”

“I was just thinking inside the box, not outside the box.”

10/4/07

“I built you up an let you down,”

“…but I haven’t gone all the way inside.”

“Let’s build up slowly….”

“I beg your pardon? That was so fast, I didn’t hear a word.”

“It’s much more rhymey.” (Talking about the quotient rule)

“Like rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit- these have a life of their own- they get circulated among math teachers.”

“Arrr-eetha!”

10/5/07

“Lucky thirteen… lucky… thank you.”

“See what... see what you can do before I jump in and show all you how.”

“Either you are using a Calculator or you are not.”

10/8/07 – Honors Calculus

"It was where all the high mucky-mucks go together."

"It was kind of a travesty of justice."

"Math definitely does have a history - a long, rich history."

Fitz: "Math happens on levels."
Dylan: "Like sedentary rocks."
Fitz: "Or Dante's Inferno."

"Its hard for us mere mortals to understand the math that’s happening on those upper levels."

"Which I don't really find like, WOW, WOW, WOW!"

10/9/07 – Honors Calculus

"Shh, Shh, Shh! SHH! SHHHHH!"

"The theorem is an odd duck."

"You already know the answers to all these questions, so why don't you just be quiet."

10/10/07

David: “Can you do 35?”
Fitz: “I hope so.”

“You could have paid Heather for her notes.”

“This was the weak link.” (referring to Keira dropping AP Calc.)

“People are dropping like flies…”

“Theta is your friend.”

“Duck soup, huh?”

“I like to quiz… often.”

“They are the slave of the professor.” (graduate students)

“…but they had a last name.”

“It didn’t work. He was too loose.”

“They were strange… and dry as toast.”

“He was like Mr. Mystery Man.”

“Basket weaving has a great history if you think about it.”

10/11/07

Laura: “Don’t you feel lopsided?”
Fitz: “No.”

“Eh… you’re all crazy.”

“That’s the power of Calculus… or one of the powerful things about Calculus.”

Fitz: “Now that you know this and it’s so easy…”
Laura: “I don’t think it’s easy.”

“It’s a zinger on the multiple choice.”

“Omega is such a wonderful symbol.”

“Fun!”

“Very good, Nick Docet!... Douchette.”

“You’re perturbing the air mass.”

“A broccoli is a self-similar object.”

Nick: “The four you made was ridiculously sweet.”
Fitz: “Of course.”