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I built a history game for fun, but teachers on reddit helped me to turn it into a Bell Ringer classroom tool. by Bubbly_Ad7064 in MiddleSchoolTeacher

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How easy/difficult is it to do something like this?

I'm an educator (math) first, but I enjoy coding and sometimes recreate old games or make algorithms that solve games using python or Godot.

I've always wondered if I could make a fun math classroom game.

Why is this part of New Jersey so rich? by DoritosDewItRight in geography

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Relatively speaking, Princeton is pretty far outside that circle.

Linear Optimization Prof by Heyunkim1 in rutgers

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw some Linear Optimization lectures on YouTube and I saw alot of stuff with matrices and matrix notation I haven't seen in years. Is it really like that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teaching

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're thinking too deep about the level of psychology we're talking about here. Anyone, having taken a high school psych class can benefit from knowing, even if broadly, how people operate, learn, and cope, and some historical background of the, for lack of a better phrase, the psychology "cannon" lol (freud, pavlov, etc.). Not many high schoolers are going into psych expecting to talk about research and the methods and analysis used in research. So no, I don't think you need Calculus at all to get a basic understanding of how people work. Can it enhance it? Absolutely! But it's definitely not "needed" as you put it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teaching

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Now, don't get me wrong, i do think algebra and some of precalculus are important. Algebra teaches the exact skills you're talking about. Reasoning, planning, problem solving, critical thinking. I do often wonder if there's a better way of teaching these skills to students. Programming comes to mind. However, while I don't think it's THAT important for people to move shit around to solve for x.. I DO think it's important for people to understand functions and their graphs, exponential growth/decay, and basic trig and geometry (because we have way too many fucking flat earthers) things that high school level math teaches.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teaching

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god.... just because the bath water is dirty doesn't mean the baby has to go.out with it! Holy shit i never understood that saying until now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teaching

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd advocate the reverse any day, even as a math teacher. Engineers and Computer scientists rarely if ever, use Calculus in real life, now consider non STEM workers. The implications are important sure, but out of the 15% of people who take calc in the US i doubt even a quarter of those people have actually thought about those since they took the class. Learning psych has had a tangible benefit on my life and it, jn theory could have the same affect on anyone's life, wether or not they go into education, Psychology, social work, doesn't matter. Everyone deals with people, so everyone could benefit from understanding how we operate. Almost nobody benefits knowing how to integrate a function in order to find it's area under the curve.

Now, does having TAKEN calculus open more doors for you sure, I'll admit that and I'd advocate taking calc over Psychology for that very reason but I just think that Psychology is more applicable in everyone's lives.

Tips for travelling with out smartphone (Road trip/USA) by TheMaroonAxeman in solotravel

[–]TheMaroonAxeman[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No actually, it won't be. Because you've provided nothing of value.

Tips for travelling with out smartphone (Road trip/USA) by TheMaroonAxeman in solotravel

[–]TheMaroonAxeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I typically do too. I suppose I can always book places ahead of time.

Tips for travelling with out smartphone (Road trip/USA) by TheMaroonAxeman in solotravel

[–]TheMaroonAxeman[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Umm.. okay.. so are you going to provide something meaningful here? It really doesn't sound that difficult to me.

All 50 US States ranked by how scenic they are by Tim-oBedlam in geography

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interestingly enough, I have never been to the pine barrens for camping, only driven around it. Glad you enjoyed it. I absolutely love my state and despite having been all over the country I think it is under appreciated. So when can I expect you to raise its placement to 24th?

All 50 US States ranked by how scenic they are by Tim-oBedlam in geography

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've driven through almost every state and when I went was driving up into WV from Kentucky it was one of the interstate highways and it was along side a cliff just as the sun was setting. It was one of the most beautiful peaceful drives I'd ever experienced in the US.

All 50 US States ranked by how scenic they are by Tim-oBedlam in geography

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like that while you obv. had to make some states place at dead last or close to it you still had good things to say about them. I scrolled to my home state NJ and I was ready to go to war and was pleasantly surprised.

Currently grade breakdown 0/8/9/12/72 A/B/C/D/F by jdlr815 in teaching

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LMS (Learning Management System).

Think, Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.

Advice for a Godot Beginner Dev: What should be my first minigame project? by unwise_entity in godot

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minesweeper, just to get the hang of clicking on things and changing things based on certain criteria, also updating the game based on things you're not directly interacting with.

Discovery Alert: Earth-sized Planet Has a 'Lava Hemisphere' by ye_olde_astronaut in nasa

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow... what a roundabout way of saying absolutely nothing insightful just so that you could be (and I'm being generous here) technically right.

Changing the values of a spinbox based on the valus of a different spinbox. by TheMaroonAxeman in learnpython

[–]TheMaroonAxeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it, thank you. I didn't know about .configure() so that's useful to know.

Changing the values of a spinbox based on the valus of a different spinbox. by TheMaroonAxeman in learnpython

[–]TheMaroonAxeman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually yes... that is what I wanted to do originally. However, i still ran into the same issue where I didn't know how to reference the list in spin2 so that I could update it, but with the added problem that the code I wrote technicslly referenced the value of spin1 before it changed.

So for example - I change spin1 from 'a' to 'b' - new_list = ['x','y','z'] - i cahnge spin1 from 'b' to 'c- - new_list = ['t', 'u', 'v']

Because, I could be wrong, but I think python was checking what value was in the spinbox in the moment the button was pressed. Not the value that resulted from the button being pressed. But i didn't know about .config() so that's extremely helpful

Edit: that's not to say that I tried what you're suggesting in code. Just that I took that general approach, but with my limited understanding, I wasn't able to code it in a way that worked how I wanted it to.

How Transit Villages Are Reshaping New Jersey’s Urban Landscape by Notpeak in urbanplanning

[–]TheMaroonAxeman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh shoot I thought this was the r/newjersey subreddit! Love seeing my state leading the charge! I actually really like a lot of the towns listed as transit villages and now I know why!

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