“Suppose the COVID19 test is 97% accurate, and you’re in a room where everyone has just tested Negative. With that 97% confidence-level percentage, how many[…]
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I feel like a ping-pong ball when reading/hearing all the opinions on school reopenings. So many valid points, yet[…]
I received some interesting comments related to the previous two columns about starting school at different ages. One of them had an unexpected twist: “.[…]
“You can’t start school at 7 years old. You can’t make that time up.” So says Missouri state legislator Ian Mackey, from St. Louis County. […]
Previously, I mentioned my 8th grade math class, fearlessly led by our beloved Mrs. Schumacher. We discussed an extra credit Bonus Problem the class had[…]