is oobleck a teacher?
That "guy" appeared with my name for years, also, but doesn't now. Don't know why? Doesn't really matter. I THINK, but don't know, that the original idea was to let the student know that a name with the "guy" meant we weren't just a fly by night person answering and that we PROBABLY had the credentials to answer a question correctly. I say that with tongue in cheek because I have the credentials and still answer wrong sometimes. :-).
former teacher/tutor
certified in math/sci secondary ... Maine and NY
now retired and passing time solving problems online
yes
wait! how tho? there is two ooblecks then! cuz the one that answered my question didn't have that weird guy (👤) next to his name
do all the teachers have that thing (👤) next to their name?
yes, but you have to be logged in to have it appear.
I logged in just for you.
ohhhh, how can i tell who is a teacher an who is not, cuz sometimes i think someone is impersonating PsyDAG..
also who is teachers?
i know of these ones at least:
-oobleck (you)
-DrBob222
-PsyDAG (i think)
-Ms. Sue (but people saying she died??)
-Anonymous (but there is lots of people with that name so its hard to tell which one is who)
is mathhelper a teacher??
ooh, that makes sense....also, its not terrible to make mistakes..we all do. if you didn't make mistakes you wouldn't be human 😂
Add R_Scott, Bosnian, mathhelper, PsyDAG
Ms Sue passed away two or three years ago.
You're right. It's tough to know which anonymous is the teacher (physics) and which is a student with the moniker anonymous. It would be nice if s/he would use another name but this is a free country.
BTW, the other idea behind the use of "the guy image" was that our name could not be impersonated; however, I don't think that is true anymore because I've seen answers using my name that I didn't post.