A new friend says “I don’t math.” Which I think is about the funniest and most accurate thing I’ve ever heard. {About myself, not her…she has three children…obviously she maths because she’s counting to three all the time…}
I think I will swipe her idea and start to use it in introducing myself. That way there are expectations when, say, shopping with someone, or trying to tell someone how to get to a spot they’ve never been.
Here’s my working intro: Hi, I’m Holly. I don’t math or directions.
Clear. Concise. Accurate. Chock full of expectations. Low word count, as another friend would say.
I can hardly believe myself but I’m going to work the percentages on a little project. This will shock every student I’ve ever taught who may or may not have come up to me at some point and said “um, this test says 68 and it should say 88…”
Hi, I’m Holly. I don’t math or directions.
The necessity of this tiny project became evident when EVERYTHING SPROUTED IN A TIMELY FASHION except for some zinnia seeds I had personally saved last year. {Don’t be expecting the release of my seed catalog anytime soon…see: expectations…}
Remember that funny movie where the dog dies?
Seriously. That was the only container that didn’t sprout. The only one where I had saved the seeds myself. {Insert sad trombone.}
Those zinnia seeds were one of several things I had saved from last year, which got me to thinkin’:
how bad did I screw the rest of them up?
Which got me to thinkin’ about a trick I either learned in Mrs. Bounds’ 4th grade class or on Growing a Greener World, who’s really to say at this point…I’ve had two children…the memories all blend together…
Point being: germination testing.
So bitty E and I got to the science-ing:
and bitty G got to what she does best:
Yep.
Juuuust kidding…though that really keeps happening…but I mean being cute. That’s what she really got to doing:
aaaaaand maybe almost breaking our shutters. Whatevs.
So germination testing is just taking a sample of 10 seeds of whatever type you want to check, and sticking them in between two sides of a damp paper towel, inside a big Ziploc baggie, in a warm place for a few days. Keep the towel damp and check every couple of days to see how they’re doing, and whether or not they’re sprouting.
One, two, skip a few…
***WARNING*** ***WARNING*** ***HERE COMES THE MATH***
You do a sample of 10 because then you can get a viability percentage relatively easily.
For the majority of the population.
Divide by elevendy…carry the one…what’s the barometric pressure today?
Gotta run, late for calc 4,
holly the mathlete
