Danimal turned up this 6th grade math textbook during his travails in the education world. I can imagine the publisher and editor brainstorming for the cover. It’s not that hard actually, i used to work for a college textbook publisher. “How do we get the kids excited about math? Put a skateboarder on it!” Sure, just don’t make it a discipline that most kids think is for weird old dudes. Junior high school, where the sine wave of boredom intersects with the bezier curve of apathy. Enlargement after the jump. Let’s figure out who this guy is. Official NoPrize to the first person names the title reference.
11 comments
ssk
I still sort of remember the formula to calculate the length of a circular curve for a ramp. They should put that on the cover.
ssk
Yeah, here it is:
Length = 3.141(aka Pi) x Radius x 2 x Angle / 360
rusty
What time is it? ADVENTURE TIME!!!
kilwag
WINNER!
I love that show. LOVE that show.
masterochicken
Gauntlet dock!
houseofneil
McDougal Littell, from Evanston IL, just like me.
houseofneil
well for 12 years anyway
talentlessquitter
A dead body worked on this book?
The Shralper
maybe if I hadn’t done so bad in trig I’d have my 540’s by now. darn!
Richard
Here’s another math book with a skateboard cover:
http://www.amazon.com/Using-Understanding-Mathematics-Quantitative-Reasoning/dp/0321652797/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300296470&sr=1-1
mc
i love having a place to lock my bike on the deck.