Many of us with complex chronic illness learn a ton over years of neglect in healthcare settings.

We learn by painful trial and error and become confident about when to speak up.

But someone who’s never been sick? Someone who doesn’t speak the language or is critically ill?

Thanks so much @parentmishmash.bsky.social for showing me this hack and fit testing my kid!

Here is the full combinatorics textbook, "Counting Rocks!", published as an "Open Educational Resources" project, that my coauthors and I wrote that the videos are a companion for. It's completely free to download and use! mathematicalgemstones.com/maria/OER.html

Virtual technology for learning is improving by the day, and it is both more accessible by allowing flexible formatting and asynchronous learning, and can reach a larger audience with the same effort.

If anyone is interested in remote teaching strategies, streaming tools, hybrid technology, video background design, cameras, lighting, or anything related, please reach out! I know I post about covid safety a lot here, but mathematics is my job, and virtual tools are my hobby.

Our 13-year-old crawled into our room 2 weeks after having a mild case of Covid & woke us in a panic because they felt like “their legs had been dipped in acid & set on fire.” It’s been 3 years & while the pain has decreased a bit, it’s still there every day + chronic fatigue and more. It’s brutal.

More than 300 FAA employees have been dismissed.