Subj : Re: smartphone for ui dif
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Dec 13 2025 02:19 pm

  Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Dec 13 2025 07:50 am

 PF> High school is a physically challenging time. My son's school started at
 PF> 8:10am, but the bus picked him up at 6:52am. For some time he had to hang
 PF> outside because the rooms weren't open yet - and he was only a mile or so
 PF> from school.

That's definitely tough.  :/

 PF> My daughter is in choir and has done sports. I warned her against taking
 PF> two activities at once, as we learned the hard way when she did sports and
 PF> a starring role in a theater. She still has to do homework, and they're
 PF> leaning more into multi-day assignments that you just can't do the night
 PF> before, like in previous years.

The multi-day assignments & projects stressed me out a bit.  I always felt better when my homework assignments were done, and the ones that weren't had me worried a bit about getting them done.

 PF> My son swore he'd NEVER USE MATH. I bought two triangular nylon shades for
 PF> my front deck and wanted them overlapping. I needed to figure out where to
 PF> put the mounts, measured everything on paper and used my high-school trig
 PF> to map it out - looking at him and repeating "MATH" every couple of
 PF> minutes.

 PF> "I'm placing this mount here. Why? MATH"

 PF> He's now doing drone videography for marketing campaigns. I hope he paid
 PF> attention.

:)  Yep, I often see people say they'll never use that math, and some say they never have used it in their adult life, but you never know..  I doubt it would be better to get into a job or career where you might need it and only just start to learn it at that point.

Nightfox

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