[AccessD] RE: When did you arrive at AccessD?

On 17 Apr 2005 at 20:35, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> I second that emotion! I'm currently doing a thing called JUMP, which is 
> a program to teach mathematically challenged kids to do expert math. The 
> program works. Autistic kids remain a challenge, but short of that I can 
> now teach a 7-year-old to pass a grade-11 math exam in two months. The 
> program is fabulous. I don't get paid a cent for my time, but seeing 
> kids suddenly understand is the greatest reward I've ever experienced.
> 
> I did the typical silly "one-sided-piece-of-paper" thing for a group of 
> girls about 8-10 years old the other day. (If you don't know what that 
> means, take a slice about an inch wide from a newspaper page, fold it 
> once and tape the ends together.) 

aka a Moebius strip, named after a 19th century mathematician and 
astronomer.

>  Cut the loop 
> lengthwise and what do you get? Cut it again lengthwise and what do you get?

Paradromic rings :-)






-- 
Stuart