My children are currently taking a semester long poetry course. In this course they are exploring the different types of poems, the history of these types, and practicing the types. I remember in high school having a literature course which spent a few weeks exploring poetry. I hated it. I didn’t understand how to write […]
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It’s math challenge time! Engaging in riddles and games is a common past time and a rewarding one. When we try to solve a riddle or play a strategy game we stretch our minds in the same way that my Pre algebra students learn to stretch theirs. In this, our minds grow and we are
It’s February. Which means that we are or soon may be fighting off the winter doldrums. Part of the struggle with the doldrums is a sense of purposelessness. The temptation is to ask questions like: Why are we studying these polynomials anyway? Who needs to learn about matrices? When even am I going to use
Over Christmas break I studied pre calculus. While I taught pre calculus last year and continue to help students in this course, there is always more to learn. I decided to study pre calculus for two main reasons: I am a student and I am a teacher. First, I am a student. I want to
I shared last week that our focus in our family isn’t on career aptitude. We don’t help our children choose a career at age 12 and then custom steer their high school years for that specific job. I find this ironically funny and entertaining because it’s something that I wish my own public education would
