Roland
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Post by Roland on Jul 9, 2004 22:14:01 GMT -5
How about a little slack? The holiday weekend. It was the beer. I swear! ;D Nice save snizz! If I were on the job, I'd accept that one. I give it an A+, it's much more creative than the tired old "it was a typo" excuse. ;D
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Post by Roughneck on Jul 10, 2004 23:01:08 GMT -5
You were one step ahead of most high schoolers. It's always been a fact of life, the majority take the required two year minimum and then jump that ship fast. ;D That was trig, and the next year I took physics, which I totally bombed! At the time I was hoping for a military career-Airborne, eventually joining the Rangers. Figured physics would be more useful than environmental science. At the time we still had sanity in the Oval Office. I'd probably be over there right now in either Iraq or Afghanistan on my second or third tour if this had come to pass. I've since found out how unsuited for a military career I truly am. I like to speak my mind too much! I never "liked" it liked it, but I never hated it, and got better in later years. I somehow managed to pull 100 all quarters in 8th grade. I ended up in my area pretty much by accident. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with my history degree in junior year. I left a flyer out for going to germany and we had some extra money, so my mom saw it and said I should go. Couple the trip with an advisor who was extemely inspiring and helpful, and boom. I decided on medieval history. Trust me, the patience to deal with it day in and day out, dealing with kids who don't pay attention, don't know the material, and then your hands are tied in dealing with the disruptive ones...believe me it does! Parenting, at least you have a free hand, and it's only dealing with one or a few rather than 30.
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Post by snizz on Jul 12, 2004 1:22:27 GMT -5
History still rates much higher than "I" before "E" expect after "C" (except in this case, that case and a few other cases ;D ) HA! Gotcha back! ;D
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Post by LS on Jul 12, 2004 1:32:38 GMT -5
Quick LS, 4x9-7+2x3=? People are all different and some have a better aptitude for numbers than others. Some are better spellers than others. I think it's safe to say though, that you don't have to worry about conversation drifting off in that direction. LOL!! 93...unless it's one of those trick questions. ;D But nope numbers aren't my thing at all...I held my own up til algebra and somehow muddled through geometry- and then I'm that average student that jumped overboard. ;D I'll take the 5th on that one. With Shooter lurking around and all...well I've got a rep to uphold and I'd rather keep my 'inner nerd' private. ;D You're pretty ok there yourself Roland...
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Post by LS on Jul 12, 2004 1:37:45 GMT -5
That's me. The human train wreck. ;D And we wouldn't want ya any other way Shooter... ;D
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Roland
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Post by Roland on Jul 13, 2004 15:47:08 GMT -5
That was trig, and the next year I took physics, which I totally bombed! At the time I was hoping for a military career-Airborne, eventually joining the Rangers. Figured physics would be more useful than environmental science. At the time we still had sanity in the Oval Office. I'd probably be over there right now in either Iraq or Afghanistan on my second or third tour if this had come to pass. I've since found out how unsuited for a military career I truly am. I like to speak my mind too much! That's part of the reason the education system in this country has become such a mess. Academic subjects were at one time taught in a specific order at specific grade levels for a reason and students weren't allowed to move on to the next level until they achieved an understanding of the preceding one. Math for instance, has been transformed into a disasterous patchwork that combines all subject matter in the same course beginning in the third grade. How can students who haven't had enough time to grasp basic multiplication and division or have the same capacity for comprehension as students whether older by a year, six or nine, be expected to grasp the much more advanced concepts of algebra and geometry? When they overhauled the math curriculum, I had to take courses to be retrained in the new system. As a teacher, I find it very difficult teaching something to students when this change in curriculum made no sense to me. Under the old system, just as a student wasn't permitted to take geometry until they passed algebra, they weren't allowed to take physics until they passed chemistry. Under the new system, they allow students to pick and choose which classes they take to meet graduation credit requirements, and they often bypass the courses that lay the foundation for the more advanced ones. When students bypass certain courses and head straight for the more advanced, common sense dictates the failure rate increases. The PhDs who created the curriculum changes are then baffled because they can't see the fatal flaws in their own thinking, so it therefore has to be the fault of teachers not teaching well enough. That came off sounding like a rant! My apologies. On the level I teach, it's 100 students daily, give or take. I teach 4 classes a day at 40 minutes per class, 180 out of 365 days of the year. Even at the elementary level, the students are herded off to gym, art, music and computer classes and they break for lunch and recess. As a parent, your own children are yours 365/24/7 for the rest of your life. No breaks and no guarantees how they'll turn out. If a student throws up in class, I send him to the nurse and call for a janitor to clean up the mess. At home if one of my kids gets sick, I'm both the "nurse" and "the janitor." I can't say the job isn't challenging and sometimes frustrating, but you have to approach it with the complete understanding that kids are neither miniaturized adults or robots built to identical specs, and maintaining a certain level of humor is crucial to getting through the rough spots and retaining one's sanity.
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Roland
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Post by Roland on Jul 13, 2004 15:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by Roland on Jul 13, 2004 15:59:27 GMT -5
LOL!! 93...unless it's one of those trick questions. ;D But nope numbers aren't my thing at all...I held my own up til algebra and somehow muddled through geometry- and then I'm that average student that jumped overboard. ;D I'll take the 5th on that one. With Shooter lurking around and all...well I've got a rep to uphold and I'd rather keep my 'inner nerd' private. ;D It sounds like you don't trust math teachers very much LS. No, it wasn't a trick question and your answer is right. 40% of people asked that question completely misread the equation and give an answer of 35. I'll respect your right to remain silent, but my curiosity's still getting the best of me because I can't quite nail you down. Math aside, you jump in and are well versed on such a broad range of subjects, a trait that's not very common in this day and age. Thank you LS and again I thank everyone here for welcoming me.
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Post by Mr._Shooter on Jul 13, 2004 17:00:59 GMT -5
And we wouldn't want ya any other way Shooter... ;D I'm touched. Really. ;D
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Post by Mr._Shooter on Jul 13, 2004 17:02:29 GMT -5
Thank you LS and again I thank everyone here for welcoming me. Glad we could roll out the welcome wagon for you, Roland. Stick around and we just might let you in on our drinking games. ;D
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Post by LS on Jul 14, 2004 0:10:08 GMT -5
Would you believe "intermittent dyslexia"? LOL!! Hey snizzster...I think he definitely has ya trumped!!
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Post by LS on Jul 14, 2004 0:24:36 GMT -5
It sounds like you don't trust math teachers very much LS. No, it wasn't a trick question and your answer is right. 40% of people asked that question completely misread the equation and give an answer of 35. Lol...nah- not so much math teachers as those dangblasted 'word problems' that take 3 days to decipher before you finally get to the point of 'em. LS CAN do math- and without a calculator ;D...It just takes me a little longer than some. I devised my own way of figuring things out that's different from the way it's supposed to be done- but it works for me (and drove more than a few teachers nuts ;D )...and it might take me a little longer to get from point A to the answer- but I get there. Hmmm...if I remember it right- the only way the answer could be 35 is if the equation read like this: (4x9)-7+(2x3)=? Right?? Ok...math conversation for LS is now officially OVER!! ;D Ah well Roland...I'm not called the Woman of International Mystery for nothin' you know... ;D
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Post by LS on Jul 14, 2004 0:27:08 GMT -5
I'm touched. Really. ;D I thought you'd be ...I alway say- nothin' better than a good human train wreck. ;D
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Post by Roland on Jul 14, 2004 22:10:19 GMT -5
Glad we could roll out the welcome wagon for you, Roland. Stick around and we just might let you in on our drinking games. ;D How do you play? The last person who can type coherently wins?
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Post by Roland on Jul 14, 2004 22:17:10 GMT -5
Lol...nah- not so much math teachers as those dangblasted 'word problems' that take 3 days to decipher before you finally get to the point of 'em. LS CAN do math- and without a calculator ;D...It just takes me a little longer than some. I devised my own way of figuring things out that's different from the way it's supposed to be done- but it works for me (and drove more than a few teachers nuts ;D )...and it might take me a little longer to get from point A to the answer- but I get there. Hmmm...if I remember it right- the only way the answer could be 35 is if the equation read like this: (4x9)-7+(2x3)=? Right?? Ok...math conversation for LS is now officially OVER!! ;D I wouldn't worry about it LS, your method appears to work just fine and your memory's good. Yes, that's exactly how the equation should read to get an answer of 35. And now I promise, math class is officially over. ;D Another good reason to keep coming back. A mystery to solve! ;D
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