Audrey von Amsberg

She/her. UNC '18 & '19. Math and History Nerd. Publicly-educated public educator. BLM.

[Audrey von Amsberg @audellva]

Seeing people use "wallah" is a big pet peeve of mine. I'm glad to see that M-W understands me 💛

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:

- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’

No worries if not!!!

[Audrey von Amsberg @audellva]

When I was teaching solving equations, I told my 7th grade class "We don't want a negative x, in mathematics or in life". Only a few kids laughed 🤭

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Give a piece of life advice but make it mathematical.

I'll go first: If we learned anything about the identity property, it's to be yourself.

[Scorigami @NFL_Scorigami]

DET 47 - 9 DAL
Final

That's Scorigami!! It's the 1087th unique final score in NFL history.

[Dan Meyer @ddmeyer]

Two reasons why teaching is harder than surgery:

1️⃣ Surgeons can work without the patients' cooperation. The patient is likely sleeping!
2️⃣ Surgeons can do their job successfully without the relationship-building required for teaching.

[Dr. José Vilson, PhD @TheJoseVilson]

Celebrating the Tim Walzes of the world requires that we honor teachers through pay and work, particularly those in schools that are more under-resourced and over-scrutinized.

Thank a teacher through policy and society, not just thoughts and cheers. Thanks.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

In case you were wondering if there was a synonym for 'cinnamon':

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Today, 6/28 is a mathematically perfect day!

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Total ellipse of the heart

[Audrey von Amsberg @audellva]

It's wild to think that I was there 8 years ago! 🤯

[Carolina Basketball Stats & Info @UNCMBBStats]

On this date in 2016, Brice Johnson and the Tar Heels raced past Syracuse, 83-66, in the NCAA semifinals in Houston.

The 75,505 fans at NRG Stadium were the largest crowd ever to see a @UNC_Basketball game.

#GoHeels

[Theo pinson @tpinsonn]

NC stank once again playing good ball…..

Tip your cap give respect where respect is due. They HOOPING‼️

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Share to continue the exponential growth

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Why is calc 3
Easier than calc 2?

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

This happened a hundred and twenty years ago today--Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina:

[Audrey von Amsberg @audellva]

@EricvonAmsberg potential Christmas present?

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Terrible giveaway time! 📚

I have 2 copies of my new book to give away (worldwide) 🌏

To enter, retweet and mention a friend that you think might also enjoy!

Closes 11.59pm on 10/12/2023 (UK time).

Make sure you're following so I can contact you if you win.

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

This is spot on 👏

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known"

― Carl Sagan