Re: Homework for a 5 year old - how much involvement needed.

toto <scarecrow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:42:33 +0000 (UTC), enigma
> <enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>toto <scarecrow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>news:2qnmn15oat639htt2qi8io3vp0fr2miucm@xxxxxxx:
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:43:13 +0000 (UTC), enigma
>>> <enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> my 7th grade calculus teacher used to throw chalk at us
>>>> for
>>>>incorrect answers. he got angry & put his fist through
>>>>the wall once...
>>>
>>> Fascinating. Where in NY did they teach calculus in 7th
>>> grade? And when?
>>
>> Chelmsford,Mass. i was in an accellerated 'division'. it
>> was
>>1965/66, because i was 11. that guy scared the crap out of
>>me (although i learned to sleep with my eyes open & pencil
>>moving in his class).
>> it may have been experimental, i don't know. the divisions
>>were declared illegal tracking by the time i was in 8th
>>grade. lee
>
> Cool. I didn't know anywhere that experimented with this.
> We took Algebra in 8th and Geometry in 9th, but nothing
> more advanced than that in my little town in NY state.

i can't remember what i had for maths in 8th grade, but i had
Algebra 1 in 9th. the first quarter was great, but then the
teacher enlisted in the Army (or was drafted. were there draft
exceptions for teachers during VietNam?). the sub was a
misogynist idiot. he failed me because "girls can't do
advanced math". even though my work was correct, well, that
only proved i was cheating...
so, i had to repeat Algebra 1. i got the same teacher.
nothing my parents could do to get me out of the class. the
school said there was no other Algebra 1 class to move me to.
so he failed me again. so, i was supposed to repeat Algebra
1... with the same teacher. this time i threw a major hissy &
refused to leave the office until they gave me another
teacher. so, they graciously "allowed" me to take Geometry,
even though the "rules" said one had to complete Algebra 1
before taking Geometry (or one wouldn't understand theorems, i
guess). i aced Geometry, what a surprise.
then, since i had taken Geometry & passed, i was allowed to
take Algebra II. now, i admit to sleeping in that class. the
teacher knew i was sleeping, as he told the girl next to me to
*let* me sleep as long as i was passing... i loved his class.
he was an excellent teacher, but it was in a very overheated
room right after lunch...
ok, the way the curriculum was set up, i had to take Algebra
II to take Chemistry, which had to be taken before taking
Biology II... and they could not be taken concurrently. if you
have followed the Maths disaster, you see i was now in my
senior year. no Biology II.
no Biology II meant no chance of pre-Med, which meant no
veterinary school.
remember i had Calculus in 7th grade? none of this should
have ever happened!
any questions why i have a deep & enduring hatred of public
schools?
lee
--
war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
1984-George Orwell
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