Thread by @elizabethonline

25/30 I responded to the tweet/thread negatively and included a link to a Kahn Academy lesson about the topic, not bc anyone in the thread needed the lesson, but bc Twitter is performative & public and the average reader should see that this is *not* an absurd or off-base Q.

26/30 Anyway, @jennthetutor, since you threatened me about DMing you, which I'd never have done anyway bc nothing personal/private is going on here, I’ll reply publicly: my response wasn’t intended to be directed at you. I see your name was first in the list. Sorry about that.

27/30 Context clues would still show that my @ was directed @akilbello. He’s the one who posted the Q. I figured he would have picked up on that and that you/Jon would want to see because we’re all pro's having convos on Twitter re teaching and students, who we all stump for.

28/30 While this was about an algebra problem, not a lunchroom shakeup, my point still stands: not many ppl know enough about #edu and #SAT/ACT to talk specifically Q by Q. Doing so, then, requires integrity and responsibility not represented in that tweet. So I said something.

29/30 Then I went back to my normal life not obsessing about #math problems and #tests. Math education matters. Promoting it matters. Integrity matters. Hit me up with questions.

30/30 I may have ironically lost count. Nonetheless: Math matters.