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January 16, 2005
Our son Nathan, 14, last night figured out a mnemonic for remembering which way the X axis goes on a graph:
X is a-cross
X is a cross. X is across. Works for me.
Posted by D. Weinberger at January 16, 2005 05:09 PM
I love that!
Posted by: Linda | January 16, 2005 05:34 PM
Y has a tail it goes up and down.
Posted by: Doug Klippert | January 16, 2005 06:40 PM
A kid clever enough to come up with something like that certainly couldn't have much trouble remembering which is which. As for myself, I don't think I will ever confuse the two again.
Posted by: daniel luke | January 16, 2005 06:51 PM
Thank you. I am always looking for things like this to help my kids learn more effectively. Any more?
Posted by: Paul Waters | January 20, 2005 02:38 PM
Rows and columns: Porches have columns.
Well, it helped my friend in class when we were learning database basics 8^)
Posted by: Sherri | January 23, 2005 09:33 AM
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I love that!
Posted by: Linda | January 16, 2005 05:34 PM
Y has a tail it goes up and down.
Posted by: Doug Klippert | January 16, 2005 06:40 PM
A kid clever enough to come up with something like that certainly couldn't have much trouble remembering which is which. As for myself, I don't think I will ever confuse the two again.
Posted by: daniel luke | January 16, 2005 06:51 PM
Thank you. I am always looking for things like this to help my kids learn more effectively. Any more?
Posted by: Paul Waters | January 20, 2005 02:38 PM
Rows and columns: Porches have columns.
Well, it helped my friend in class when we were learning database basics 8^)
Posted by: Sherri | January 23, 2005 09:33 AM