User:Fredy enPanama

Here in peaceful, rural Panamá I'm called "Fredy." My American name is Fred Ermlich. I write a lot on Medium and a little bit at a time on Twitter. My goal on wikiversity is to teach the one math lesson that is essential for success but is rarely taught. It's called "dimensional analysis," and aside from sounding scary, it is actually something wonderful and you have a natural ability to use it. For instance, you probably could make a good guess how many steps it takes to get from your bedroom to the kitchen. If you don't know, you can just walk it and count. You might say that it took 9 long steps. So there's your answer.

Well, I'm being interrupted by a thunderstorm that's blinking the lights off and wrecking my internet connection, and my smart phone isn't smart enough to recharge, so I'll publish for now, and I'll get back to you soon. I mean, I'm brand new to wikiversity, but I'm sure I can figure out editing when the power comes back on.

My real university, Portland State in Oregon, had a great physics program and that's where I learned dimensional analysis. I actually finished all my physics coursework with a perfect score: I never got an answer wrong. Because, duh, if you're trained to be a rocket scientist, could you really afford to make mistakes? So your science and math both have to be perfect. No pressure. Not from me, no way.

Fredy