Rachel Slezak

being a math teacher is fundamental to my identity. i'm here for #mtbos and tweeting at vegan cookbook authors. i blog at

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@SmithsonianEdu @katevilanova @FreerSackler @SmithsonianLab 😊 can’t wait to spend time with the other collections!

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@DarrenMilligan @SmithsonianLab @NPG Oooh what a cool find!

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@astroholbrook @TheBotanics @MulticulturKids Great lean, Mirabai 😜

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@gwaddellnvhs @stoodle I think the test-writer meant horizontal stretch as making it steeper - I genuinely thought that would mean stretching it left and right

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@gwaddellnvhs @stoodle Totally agree, that would help! I don't see why we never just say slope for absolute value

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@gwaddellnvhs @stoodle I thought that shrink by 1/2 meant it wouldn't shrink - is this standard wording?

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@gwaddellnvhs @stoodle Wait I'm so dumb, they clearly mean that the 2 coefficient makes it smaller whereas if it were 1/2 it would expand

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Ok #mtbos, how do we feel about this? I don't see the importance of distinguishing between… https://t.co/Rq17ReoAQE

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Finally watched Ghostbusters 2016 and hot take- it's great

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@cameronesposito thank you so much for your podcast, I've never enjoyed constantly being about to cry more. Come to Nashville!!

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@chelseaperetti just discovered the podcast, listening to it nonstop & I've got coffee cranking through my syst cranking through my syst ❤️

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Three years of adventure deserves a party! https://t.co/rKC1iGP5NH #twodots

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@azizansari @LenaWaithe Like if I would have known that was going to happen I probably wouldn't have suffered through all those seasons of The L Word

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The Master of None episode Thanksgiving was heartwarming and important and great, thank you @azizansari and @LenaWaithe

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Lesson plan was to work with a partner to understand exam mistakes & fix sections I identified… https://t.co/2wHNWuAUUJ

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The math 2 group exam was just to build and answer questions about Platonic solids and the… https://t.co/hgO6guf1Oz

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Math 3 group exam was a logarithmic murder mystery! #mtbos #teach180 @ The Howard Gardner School https://t.co/qPZLbAGaKf

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Math 4 group exam asks students to use Bell numbers to calculate how many rhyme schemes there… https://t.co/92KYwhO9re

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It even looks cool broken #teach180 #mtbos #fractal #metaphor for the end of the year struggles?… https://t.co/xNWXbAxmhq

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@AshleyMNaranjo @SmithsonianLab @NPG Thanks! It was really fun and easy to put together