As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
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I am working on a list of what kind of math is used in different careers/professions. I love Pinterest and I am always looking for ideas on how to present/teach different math concepts on there. It never fails, that when I do a search for "mathematics" or "algebra" I always get almost and entire page of math jokes about how math isn't used outside of the classroom. No, I will not be buying the shirt that says "Another day has gone by and I didn't use Algebra once." So out of frustration and annoyance, I decided to create a list of how math is used in various careers/professions. I plan to use this list as a project starter when I get my own classroom (hopefully in the fall). The current plan is to have the students choose their career and then do some research to see what kind of math (algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc.) is involved for each of the math uses listed. Also if any other math uses are not listed, find out those. Then present their findings on a poster or in a presentation of some form. I really just want this to raise awareness, that just because they passed the unit or end of course test over it, they can't simply forget it. I want them to see how math is relevant in their lives.
So, as the thread title implies, please tell me how you use math at work. Also tell me what your career/profession is, so that I can put the math with the correct job. For instance, a medical professional would use math to calculate correct dosages for drugs, evaluate the effectiveness of medications/treatments, etc.
Thank you to all those that answered my question on Facebook.
assistant (soon to be lead) teacher- use math to teach
OK, so that was an easy one... *previous uses:
probation officer- use math to figure out hours of community service completed/needed, fines owed, ect...
For me, it's basic math - addition, subtraction, multiplication. I work in the kitchen at school and since it's elementary level, we still get lunch counts but I have to add up all the options to find out how much I need to cook. And in the case of things like hamburgers/sandwiches, I need to know how many fit on a tray and how many trays I need to make. Then there is the counting of money. We're in the process of switching to a cashless system but until then, our registers are old and while it will add up all the costs (lunch plus snacks/ice cream, etc) it doesn't give the amount of cash back so we have to be able to make the change in our heads (I count it back to the kids too - something people don't seem to know how to do anymore). At the end of the day (for the moment) we have to add up all the money (counting bills, rolling up the change) for the afternoon deposit. It may not be the "fancy" math of algebra, geometry or trigonometry, but it is still math and I use it every single day at work.
Attorney-besides figuring out bills and retainers, I use math to come up with child support amounts, custodial schedules, property divisions, etc. can't imagine not having a decent math background. Also the law is logic based, as is math. Math helps on the LSATS and logical thinking is something I use constantly.
I just signed up for a daily math problem through a website called bedtime math .org (sorry not sure if I'm allowed to put a link up ). It gives different levels of a math problem every day. Categories are Wee Ones, Little Kids, Big Kids and a bonus level question.
Math was never my strong suit and I like trying to solve one quick question a day. Answers are given at the bottom of the email.
Well you know what I do for a living... I use math daily to for pricing, calculating savings, calculating payments and ADR dates, scheduling... In countless ways actually!
I'm actually a high school math teacher (geometry and Algebra II), so that's a no-brainer. In addition, I use math to calculate grades, figure percentages on tests and decide how many points to alot to certain problems to make a test come out in good proportion.
As an RN, I use math everyday to calculate medications, IV drip rates, lab values and weight conversion. If someone arrests, we need to know how many joules (unit of energy) to shock the patient and dosages of emergency drugs. I've never really thought about how much we use math because I just do it.
As an RN, I use math everyday to calculate medications, IV drip rates, lab values and weight conversion. If someone arrests, we need to know how many joules (unit of energy) to shock the patient and dosages of emergency drugs. I've never really thought about how much we use math because I just do it.
Ditto.
For example: the other day, one of the (seemingly crazed) doctors ordered the patient to have 1400 milligrams of a medication, diluted in 500 milliliters of normal saline and injected through the IV. The medication ONLY comes in units of 1 gram (1000 milligrams) and 500 milligram vials. So, I had to figure out how much normal saline I should program the IV pump to infuse.
We also have to calculate how much fluid a patient should be excreting vs. what they actually excreted vs. what the patient has ingested, either orally or through IV.
As a restaurant owner, I use maths daily in calculating recipes, ordering, cash handling, payroll, historical increases, measuring cocktails, planning/costing specials, paying suppliers, budgeting for next month, next quarter, next year and planning with my accountant (figuring taxes, promotions, investments).
My DH who shares this business also needs maths to plan investment strategies, buy and sell shares/properties and generally decide if our figures are on track. The ability to calculate quick percentages seems to be lost on even my teenage DD (that's why we have calculators Mum)!
I need great maths skills to even attempt helping with my kids' homework
My title is Controller (Accountant). Math is all that I do, my position is in a bank. I use math to calculate payments, expenses, income and I do a mathematical analysis on a yearly basis called a Budget to forecast future earnings and expenses. I also analytically compare numbers on a quarterly basis and extract performance percentages and ratios. On a semiannual basis I actually physically count the cash at the branches. I am sure there is more math that I do, but those are the main math things that I do.
This is awesome input from everyone! Thank you so much!
Darlene, you actually DO use algebra. Figuring out how many trays you need to use based on how many burgers/sandwiches fit on a tray is a linear equation, which is algebra!
I know people use math every day. I just didn't realize how many different TYPES of math people use in their everyday lives.
Every driver uses math each day without realizing it - "if a car is coming towards me at speed "X", and I am traveling at speed "Y", do I have time to safely turn in front of the car before it hits me?" And "If I leave home 30 minutes before I have to be at work, and the drive usually takes me 35 minutes, how much faster do I have to drive to be able to punch the time clock without being late?"
Trouble is, we get so used to doing all this stuff that we conveniently forget that it's mathematics and just call it "experience."
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Police Officer - I am the certified accident reconstructionist in the deprtment, so in going and measuring the scene I can determine speed by measuring skid marks, yaw marks, and distance between point of impact and final resting place of vehicles. While inventorying drug loads, they must be weighed and converted from grams to ounces or pounds (some of our scales only measure in ounces or grams and thus need to be converted) so that the proper charges are applied. Admin uses math to figure budget and calculate crime stats so that city hall and feds can provide more funding for us. There is a math theory I used once to figure out speed of violators based on their wheel radius and the wheel radius and speed of my car. A state trooper showed me how back in '95...I forgot it though.
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There is a math theory I used once to figure out speed of violators based on their wheel radius and the wheel radius and speed of my car. A state trooper showed me how back in '95...I forgot it though.
That uses the formula for the circumference of the tire and how far the person went within a certain time. A smaller wheel has to travel faster to go the same distance as a larger wheel within the same time frame.
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