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Oh, friend. I'll gladly fly around the globe to b...

2008-07-08T09:40:00.000+09:30

Oh, friend. I'll gladly fly around the globe to bang my head on the wall with you.

Did the year 9's do better?

At least your History class pulled through for you...

2008-07-05T01:41:00.000+09:30

At least your History class pulled through for you. It really isn't your fault that the Math class did so poorly. They are obviously missing a lot of foundational stuff. If I'm not mistaken, we learned fractions and decimals in third grade (8 yrs. old) and from what I gather you are teaching teenagers. Is that right? If so, their math problems began long before they got to you. I hope the year 9's turn out better for you. :)

Oh goodness!Hard not to - but don't take it person...

2008-07-04T11:31:00.000+09:30

Oh goodness!

Hard not to - but don't take it personally! Seriously - it sounds like you have been doing SO MUCH to help these kids understand what they are to do. Unfortunately, you cannot make them care. If education is not a priority at home or in their own hearts, you can only do so much!

I'm glad the history exams went better. So many people just seem to be "afraid" of math - for whatever reason!
So many fraction discussions turn into money talk and that helps some of the 'get it.' For some reason money is money - NOT MATH?? Go figure.

I find lots of people here also afraid of science. Heard an interesting speaker who talked about this fear of math and science and called them mathematically and scientifically illiterate. And it is so true. We save science units to be taught between social studies units. And science is taught as though it exists in a bubble. If we used scientific language more often - it wouldn't seem so foreign. Almost cried the day a teacher "explained" the separation of oil and water in a beaker as "one choosing to run away from the other because it doesn't like it." GASP - YOU. HAVE. GOT. TO. BE. KIDDING!!!

Keep fighting the good fight!!!!
Elisa

There's got to be an end to it soon, when's your b...

2008-07-04T09:51:00.000+09:30

There's got to be an end to it soon, when's your break? Don't classes start again in a couple of weeks?

If you feel like a walk on the beach this weekend, let me know. I'm hoping to chuck the crew in the car and head to O'Sullivans' on Sat afternoon.

Unless it's raining. Didn't you tell me it never rains here?

Oh no! Maybe the Year 9 exam will have better res...

2008-07-04T09:48:00.000+09:30

Oh no! Maybe the Year 9 exam will have better results....my fingers will be crossed...

Oh, you poor, poor dear woman. Hope a good curl up...

2008-07-04T07:05:00.000+09:30

Oh, you poor, poor dear woman. Hope a good curl up on the couch did wonders for you. I have no idea what to say...except that you are doing your best (and SAVE your work next time). Math is beyond another language for me, and I scored poorly on many exams in my life...I am seeing first hand what my teachers must have felt. I am so sorry.