This report on a recent study at Ohio State on teaching math is just the kind of thing that fuels arguments for a return to traditional pedagogy.
I can't tell you how many times I hear "We just need to go back to the basics" as an excuse for lock-step, non-inquiry based, rote memorization, teacher centered teaching.
As with everything, it is never one extreme or the other. A balance of abstract and concrete is the real solution here.
Oh, and the trains pass each other at 10 pm.
And I used a function table to solve it, but drew a diagram of trains to check it.

Stat line from Barack's hoop game today -
4 baskets, including a lefty 3 pointer. Is he lefty?
4 boards
2 steals
and against some high schoolers, no less.
Glad to see the smoking or the campaign stress haven't affected his game.

I now understand, on a deeper level, the expression "snot-nosed kid."

It's been a long, cold winter, but it was warm today.  Prompting the type of behavior exhibited by this dude.

Since September, 20 Chicago Public School students have been killed, 18 by gunfire. Last school year, 24 of the more than 30 students killed were shot to death.
But, you know..... guns don't kill people, people kill people. We don't need gun laws, or anything.

ten easy steps, apparently, to be more like Colin Greenwood.

1. Be Personable
2. “Fucking Buy Sparklehorse Records”
3. Enjoy a Drink Now and Then
4. Read a Book. Several In Fact.
5. Travel Often; Eat Well
6. Be a Devoted Family Man
7. Dabble in Photography
8. Get a Very Nice Suit
9. Maintain Academic Connections After Graduation
10. Learn to Play an Instrument

I went to the dentist today for the first time in 5 years.
I'm trying to decide what's worse -
a. being accused of something that you didn't do, and, despite knowing that you are right, also knowing that it's in your best interest to let it drop.

b. the feeling of having your gums scraped and your teeth picked at with a metal tool.

it's a toss up right now...