Mr. Joo · 4 February, 05:29 PM
I have Mr. Joo for a couple math classes this semester and he is quite the interesting professor. Here are a couple good quotes he left us with, as well as a problem he assigned.
When talking about zeroes…
“Didn’t God make us a great number? I LOVE that“
“Homogeneous equations have alternate lifestyles”
“I know the book says yadee yadee yadee and blah blah blah, but thats because the book is stupid.”
Here is one of our problems that he made up for us:
“Each day, 200 unsuspecting children become new friends for life to a certain “jolly purple dinosaur.” Also, each day that “jpd” realizes that he is a big hungry carnivore and eats 10% of all his remaining friends. Let y(t) be the number of all his remaining friends after t days. Write differential equation and solve…”
and just because I know your wondering, the answer comes out to be y= Ce -1/10t + 2000. Poor kids.
— Caleb Christopher
Sewanee · 3 February, 06:26 PM
Seeking a change, I called the Reaves up after breakfast and they agreed; A vacation was needed. We headed up to Sewanee for the day, and stopped at a few shops along the way. It’s always refreshing to just take off on a rabbit trail now and then, forgetting the mundane.
— Caleb Christopher
A Winter Wonderland · 28 January, 07:57 AM
— Caleb Christopher
Why Starbucks is Not As Bad As Coffee Snobs Make It Out To Be. · 14 January, 01:11 PM
You’ve heard it: “I hate Starbucks because their coffee is low quality and the only way to redeem it is by burning it so it all tastes the same…” Blah Blah. “This place is so much better, their coffee actually tastes good.” Ok, I know, I used to be one of those people so why you ask am I defending them now? Having gone through this entire cycle, I can say, that Starbucks coffee is slightly more burnt then other coffee’s, but frankly, I like that better then some of the lighter roasts. There is actually a huge variety of flavors in their roasts, and they have a wide selection to choose from and unless you like strange flavored african coffees that taste like soybeans and walnuts, you should be ok with the flavor. Several people I have heard lately have been complaining about their coffee, but only like very flavored coffee drinks, so that adds a complexity to what they dont like. It could be the sweeteners, flavors, ratios, or coffee itself. Generally the complaint is that its too burnt tasting. I might could see them tasting more bitterness possibly with the drinks, but if your a flavored coffee person, then it seems like starbucks generally does a pretty good job with their flavors so I don’t see the big deal there. Their drip coffee is gross, but so is every other coffee shop in town. Their espresso isnt all that good, but its better then almost every shop in town except Aromas which has everybody beat in Huntsville when it comes to espresso.
So if everything they do is only pretty good, why do I like them now? A few reasons actually, They are a great idea, fairly nice atmosphere though definitey too loud. Most of them try to be friendly and remember you. That is a big deal, but generally not enough to impress me. I guess when I found out they sold french press coffee in any flavor, they won lots of Christian points from me. It was good french press too, really good. I was impressed. But I still didnt go very often. I had been a couple times and then hadnt gone for over a month. I went back recently and when I walked in, they said, “what flavor french press today?” I was surprised. I mean, there were a few things going for me, for example, she loved me and wanted to marry me the first time I came in, nobody ever orders french press, and well, the first reason again. So anyway, I ordered a new flavor, that they conviently didnt have open, so they came out to the front, pulled a bag from the shelf and opened it for me, no extra charge. So I pay and go sit down and write or whatever, and 4 minutes later they bring the french press to me with a preheated mug. Ok Im sold. Thanks starbucks for putting a lot of time into me for 3.75. Thats a big deal.
— Caleb Christopher
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