Mother Antonia: read research materials. Erika: Did a bunch of problems.
Tag: Erika
A full-length drama I am writing in collaboration with my mother, a mathematician.
and, back to this
Erika: Did some math problems.
it’s aliiiiiiiive
Erika: watched a lengthy video on using first and second derivatives to graph a function, and did some problems. Infrastructure: Got a note to say the site for CrystalCon is live. A reading of Frankenstein Incarnate, Skyped from Minneapolis to Seattle, will kick off the conference.
not much, you?
Mother Antonia: started drafting. Erika: Watched some videos.
positive reinforcement
Mother Antonia: had lunch with a friend who went to St. Kate’s and talked with her about her experience. Everything Looks Like A Face: exchanged Draft comments with Elizabeth. Erika: watched video & did problems on Khan Academy. I’m 15 skills away from the Sally Ride badge. Will I gain anything tangible from acquiring this...
forging ahead
Everything Looks Like A Face: worked on getting stuff into Draft, the collaboration tool we are using. Revised; forged ahead a little bit. Erika: Did problems on Khan Academy. Considered titling this post “f'(x) > 0 (but only just)”.
local maximum
The Last Game: Email from Emily to let me know that her theatre students have been reading the script and will be giving me feedback. Way cool. Erika: Did problems on Khan Academy. Got the first 5 problems right, which is rare for me in the Calculus section. So no Persistence badge today, but I’m...
tug of war, critical numbers
Everything Looks Like a Face: Wrote dialogue. Two characters have a tug of war; a third is being the one being tugged. Erika: Watched a Khan Academy video on Finding Critical Numbers.
narrating, differentiating
Everything Looks Like a Face: started writing a scene. Almost entirely stage directions, so far. Erika: Did problems on Khan Academy.
as predicted
Erika: did problems on Khan Academy. My manner of doing them earned me the Persistence badge, to give you some idea. Mother Antonia: got the notion that maybe the monologue should start with an invocation.