A series of thoughts (possibly rants) and images about technology and innovation sprinkled with reflections on the despair of everyday life. Somehow all of this is mixed up with a Manchester back drop.
So if you take this formula it will produce a graph that says this…
All thanks to (Sam Alexanders’ or) Xamuel’s Inverse Graphing Calculator. A site that is also home to the Japanese Restaurant name generator. If you go all cerebral he also lists his recent academic articles.
The local ITV Granada news is reporting that school children in Rochdale are getting lessons in brushing their teeth from their teachers (although this does appear to be relative old news). So now 3 minutes a day is dedicated to a basic matter of hygiene. This could be the source of some debate as to the wisdom of this addition of the curriculum.
More surprising was the explanation of the justification for doing this. National statistics suggest that the percentage of children under 5 with tooth decay stands at 1.1% across the UK. In contrast, among Rochdale’s under 5s 2.1% have tooth decay. So there seems to be some quantitative basis for the decision.
However, ITV Granada seems to be of the understanding that this means that Rochdale’s tooth decay rate among under 5s is 50% higher than the national average. How can this be? A rough approximation would suggest that they could make a much more sensational claim.
Perhaps the schools could introduce a bits of maths into curriculum?
– Which is the basis of the new advertising campaign. This list of potential natural ingredients shows promise but my maths would suggest that there’s 5% in there that are your basic nasty chemicals. Equally if we are thinking about the maths of this why package up the water? And what exactly is a naturally derived water cleaning agent? Isn’t that just water?
“Every time I see a math word problem it looks like this: If I have 10 ice cubes and you have 11 apples. How many pancakes will fit on the roof? Answer: Purple because aliens don’t wear hats.” - unrecognised and unrecognisable wisdom from trolino.
