Keith Gallagher

Undergraduate math educator/education researcher. WLU-WVU-SFU-UNO. All views my own. He/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@Maryamization @howie_hua This is the correct answer.

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@sbagleyspice I have been trying to respond to emails for so long. That's probably what I should be doing while fueled by anxiety at 1 AM instead of panicking at 85 mph, but here we are.

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

Oops, just thought about the non-work things I need to do that are already late but I probably won't have time to do this week either. My brain needs an off switch. Or a brick.

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

I started this semester farther ahead than I have ever started any other semester. I am now farther behind than I have ever been in any other semester. I am so, so tired.

[Jay Cummings @LongFormMath]

Me trying to find literally anything on my desk

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

So he's decided to turn Twitter into an academic journal

[Eli Tripoli @eltripol]

Being a dog is really sad, people tell you to stop squeaking your pig past 12AM

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@howie_hua Oh, and counting is fake. Just all of it.

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@howie_hua Most of the divisibility rules. And I've basically given up on understanding the Monty Hall problem at this point. 😂

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@mjbressler @howie_hua I always use it (and rational zeros thm) when I teach elementary ODEs! 😍

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

I've come to realize that all of these nifty, illuminating math animations are in no way nifty or illuminating unless you *already understand* what it is they're trying to communicate.

[@hayesbrown.bsky.social @HayesBrown]

shoutout to every one struggling at 6:45 PM not to turn into the sleepy time tea bear complete with little hat

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@Jeff_Leader @LeeanneBranham @Mathgarden @Dean_of_math I guess my point is, it just saves everyone a lot of heartache if they've seen less but understood more, rather than the other way around. But I get that there are many different pressures at the HS level that I don't routinely deal with. (~fin~)

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@Jeff_Leader @LeeanneBranham @Mathgarden @Dean_of_math Often, my S's were able to memorize just enough in HS to score well on standardized tests, then place into harder classes where they struggle because all they were trying to do was place into harder classes. (5/n)

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

Thanks for all the feedback!

The general vibe I'm getting from these comments seems to be "🤷 Do whatever." And if there's one thing I can do, it's whatever.

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

Hey actual adults: If I did research as an undergrad (posters, no journal pubs), should I keep that on my CV now that I have real grown-up things on it?

[Keith Gallagher @PartiallyOrder]

@jbeardsleymath Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.