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Essay outlines, not plot summaries
The Writing Centre put something on Facebook today about how to organise an essay and I'd like to quote something from the link they put up:
Forget pi, it's cos squared that's wrong!
For a while now, a debate has been raging about whether we should scrap using pi in all our equations and instead write everything in terms of tau (which is 2 pi). Most of the time I stand at a distance from this debate, thinking it rather tedious and preferring instead to fun things with pi like draw its digits in chalk on the footpath. But every so often I get involved.
Playdough wins again
Recently I asked the boss for some money for some new stuff for the MLC: laminating for the new signs, batteries for the clocks, an HDMI cable for the electronic sign, new trays for the tea and coffee, and also new play dough. In her email to approve this expense, she said, "Play dough eh? Have fun." You could almost see the smile as she thought of all the unusual things we have asked for in the past.
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