Sincerely, Science

I'm Jasmin and I believe everyone serves simply as part of the universes cycle. We live, we produce ideas, we create, we die and our atoms break down and become something new. We serve as building blocks to the universe. The oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus that make up 99% of our mass become something new. It could be as simple as a flower, or as complex as a newborn star. This blog simply serves as a tribute to science. It may include anything from astronomy/astrophysics to geology to neuroscience to engineering and everything in between. This blog may also include the occasional personal post and rant on capitalism. (and Carl Sagan, can't forget Carl Sagan)

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astrotastic:

I was in math last week and we were going through review packets for the state test - there was a question that featured “σ”, and he just said “…that letter thing…” in place of it.

After he explained the question, I asked “What is that Greek letter called?”

All he said was that he didn’t know and that it didn’t even matter. I was disappointed so I went home and memorized the entire Greek alphabet. Turns out it’s lower case sigma. I don’t see why a math teacher wouldn’t know that σ is sigma. Or be curious about what it’s called.

Whatever, Mr. Norris.

I remembered the Greek alphabet for this reason as well, not due to a math teacher. But due to my own curiosity and interest in math. It was all due to a sigma.

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art-sci said: My teacher’s name is Mr. Morris & he also does the same!
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sincerelyscience reblogged this from astrotastic and added:

I remembered the Greek alphabet for this reason as well, not due to a math teacher. But due to my own curiosity and...
charmingdarkness said: haha, my math teacher used to nickname it “the whistle”
anndruyan said: I don’t know what math you’re in but I have never seen lower case sigma in my math classes. Chemistry yes, math no.
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calx said: o_o
oculism said: I think that if you’re measuring angles, then it’s called “Theta (pronounced thay-tuh)
project-argus reblogged this from astrotastic and added:

…that’s disappointing. Maybe I should memorize the Greek alphabet.
mbearrison said: Sorry, I meant it was strange that he would not know what sigma is. Stupid bad typing.
rebelplatypus said: Going to be honest. When I saw the teacher’s name was Norris my first thought wasn’t Chuck Norris….it was the cat from Harry Potter. xD I forgave him because I figured it might be difficult for cats to learn Greek.
iamvishnu said: I once memorized the greek alphabet because I was bored.
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