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My algebra II teacher sung the formula to the tune of "pop goes the weasel." "X equals negative b / Plus or minus square root / B-squared minus four a c / All

My algebra II teacher sung the formula to the tune of "pop goes the weasel." "X equals negative b / Plus or minus square root / B-squared minus four a c / All over 2a" Decades later, I have never forgotten. Apparently, we should just write parodies!

jihadjihad 5y ago
My algebra teacher did it to the tune of the Notre Dame fight song, haha. Two decades later and I still remember it! x equals the opposite of b plus or minus the square root of b-squared minus four a c all over two times a
causi 5y ago
Ours did it to Frere Jacque.
- isaacimagine 5y ago
  Or 'never gonna give you up'.
jimhefferon 5y ago
I still remember lots of facts about Albania from Cheers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_tT-q8EF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_tT-q8EF0
moron4hire 5y ago
I got my 4 year old to reliably remember our address by just making a simply jingle out of it. The tune is not related to anything. The power of music for memory recall is amazing.
hrunt 5y ago
My Algebra II teacher used Row, Row, Row Your Boat. She also wore a t-shirt with the quadratic equation on it, under her sweater. As she finished the song, she pulled off the sweater, much to the surprise of the students (the shirt stayed on, so things were still safe for school). I'm still not sure if it was the song or the shock of seeing your teacher pull her clothes off. While I can still remember the song by heart, I also shudder every time I sing it.
- euroderf 5y ago
  Not exactly "hot for teacher" material from the sounds of it.
pc86 5y ago
Same! In fact, I had to sing the entire song in my head to remember what the actual formula was.
modal-soul 5y ago
My teacher used the following short story: The negative boy couldn't decide if he wanted to go to the radical party. So he decided to be square, missing out on 4 awesome chicks. It was all over by 2 AM.
- spacedcowboy 5y ago
  My chemistry teacher had a similar acronym for remembering which of the anode and cathode where positive and negative. Penises are not cunts.
renewiltord 5y ago
Does anyone else find these mnemonics harder to remember than the actual thing itself? I see a lot of people online talk about this and something else for sines and cosines and it always seems really hard. I’m not saying I’ve got some super memory. Just that remembering the actual expression is easy. The mnemonic is always longer and harder for me to recall. I can picture the shapeform of the equation itself but cannot muster a single of the rhymes. I wonder if it is a difference in how we were trained as children.

jihadjihad 5y ago

My algebra teacher did it to the tune of the Notre Dame fight song, haha. Two decades later and I still remember it! x equals the opposite of b plus or minus the square root of b-squared minus four a c all over two times a

causi 5y ago

Ours did it to Frere Jacque.

isaacimagine 5y ago
Or 'never gonna give you up'.

jimhefferon 5y ago

I still remember lots of facts about Albania from Cheers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_tT-q8EF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_tT-q8EF0

moron4hire 5y ago

I got my 4 year old to reliably remember our address by just making a simply jingle out of it. The tune is not related to anything. The power of music for memory recall is amazing.

hrunt 5y ago

My Algebra II teacher used Row, Row, Row Your Boat. She also wore a t-shirt with the quadratic equation on it, under her sweater. As she finished the song, she pulled off the sweater, much to the surprise of the students (the shirt stayed on, so things were still safe for school). I'm still not sure if it was the song or the shock of seeing your teacher pull her clothes off. While I can still remember the song by heart, I also shudder every time I sing it.

euroderf 5y ago
Not exactly "hot for teacher" material from the sounds of it.

pc86 5y ago

Same! In fact, I had to sing the entire song in my head to remember what the actual formula was.

modal-soul 5y ago

My teacher used the following short story: The negative boy couldn't decide if he wanted to go to the radical party. So he decided to be square, missing out on 4 awesome chicks. It was all over by 2 AM.

spacedcowboy 5y ago
My chemistry teacher had a similar acronym for remembering which of the anode and cathode where positive and negative. Penises are not cunts.

renewiltord 5y ago

Does anyone else find these mnemonics harder to remember than the actual thing itself? I see a lot of people online talk about this and something else for sines and cosines and it always seems really hard. I’m not saying I’ve got some super memory. Just that remembering the actual expression is easy. The mnemonic is always longer and harder for me to recall. I can picture the shapeform of the equation itself but cannot muster a single of the rhymes. I wonder if it is a difference in how we were trained as children.