Brainy Quote of the Day

Friday, September 30, 2011

Lookit...

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Brightstorm is a site I used as a high school physics and math teacher: sometimes to brush up on concepts before a lecture, or as a five-minute "warm up" before a topic of study.

It's been expanded to include English Grammar and Writing. Hence, my tongue-in-cheek colloquial usage of the English language:

"Lookit" (Urban Dictionary): Abbreviation of "look at that" or "look at this," typically uttered shrilly in public places by small children seeking to draw attention to mundane objects that they, for some reason, consider fascinating; a combination of "look here now," or just plain "look." It is used when you are somewhat frustrated with a person, and want to get their attention real quick and advise them they are incorrect, are missing the point, or do not understand, and therefore you will explain or clarify the situation to them all over again.

Also uttered a lot by New Yorkers, I've noticed.

I'm encouraged that an earlier embed rap post on math helped someone with an exam.

Lookit: if you can spend hours captivated by Facebook, Twitter or Multiplayer Games (in the MILLIONS of participants), text messaging your friends about blah-blah-smack-smack, or as Shakespeare would say "Much Ado About Nothing," you can spend some time researching what your teacher tried to spell out as you (ahem!) weren't paying attention. Nuff said: get to work!

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