tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post115689628570649868..comments2023-04-05T09:23:38.928-05:00Comments on Hillbilly Mansion Two: Groundhog Day in AugustHillbilly Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1157327132809551932006-09-03T18:45:00.000-05:002006-09-03T18:45:00.000-05:00Stewed-ly,Heehee! I'd forgotton about those mass q...Stewed-ly,<BR/>Heehee! I'd forgotton about those mass quantities of Kleenex that the other teachers have stockpiled. That's just ASKING for trouble!Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1157275790520669642006-09-03T04:29:00.000-05:002006-09-03T04:29:00.000-05:00Not that I wouldn't lack for ammunition around the...Not that I wouldn't lack for ammunition around there... Your schools have enough Kleenex boxes to build a scale model of the Great Wall.Stewed Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289256821313634861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1157160422682777852006-09-01T20:27:00.000-05:002006-09-01T20:27:00.000-05:00Stewedprunes,You are OH SO SMART! You can be in my...Stewedprunes,<BR/>You are OH SO SMART! You can be in my class if you don't hit me in the head with a box of tissues. I know they are sacred to you, so I think that offer is safe.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1157128435563645032006-09-01T11:33:00.000-05:002006-09-01T11:33:00.000-05:00Woot! I knew the answer!Of course, I've already t...Woot! I knew the answer!<BR/>Of course, I've already tested out of <A HREF="http://highlandork.blogspot.com/2005/03/i-can-mix-numbers-up-and-combine-them.html" REL="nofollow">8th grade math</A>, so I expected to pass.Stewed Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289256821313634861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1156990095238803412006-08-30T21:08:00.000-05:002006-08-30T21:08:00.000-05:00Scribe,I loved that link. That's the way parents a...Scribe,<BR/>I loved that link. That's the way parents and kids are these days. Too much touchy-feely, self-esteem-boosting, everyone's-a-winner gobbledegook, and not enough Tough Love!<BR/><BR/>Chick,<BR/>Today, they listened, they watched the examples, and the lowest score was 80%. I suppose I made a point. I am dying to wait until one of them tells me a long, involved story, and then throw up my arms whining "I just don't get it."<BR/><BR/>Diva,<BR/>Sweet Gummi Mary! Do you mean to tell me that one of these kids might be working in a pharmacy, distributing meds? And not in that 'I make meth in my garage and sell it to my friends' kind of way? I must really work harder.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Miss Ann,<BR/>Just last night, I had a naughty dream about one of my students. EEEEEEEE! That is not how I want to spend my unconscious hours. It was OH SO CREEPY.<BR/><BR/>I would enjoy teaching math if I had all kinds of kids. For example, a few who UNDERSTAND. I have the 15 lowest math students in 9th grade, which makes it quite challenging. I would do better with about 10, because they need INDIVIDUAL attention, which I can't give with 15. That would be 3 minutes per kid, after taking roll, and reading the required daily announcements, and without presenting a lesson. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Betty,<BR/>I ain't nothin' special. I just want to go over it two or three different ways until they can understand it. <BR/><BR/>We all have our weaknesses. I, for instance, can not find my way out of a Dillards at the mall. I am directionally challenged.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1156955835873762502006-08-30T11:37:00.000-05:002006-08-30T11:37:00.000-05:00If I had had a math teacher like you, I might have...If I had had a math teacher like you, I might have learned something. As it is, I'm math challenged, and in awe of anyone who can figure it all out.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309266986583326824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1156951957251387292006-08-30T10:32:00.000-05:002006-08-30T10:32:00.000-05:00A few nights ago I dreamt I was teaching 7th and 8...A few nights ago I dreamt I was teaching 7th and 8th grade math. I'm glad to see that turned out to be <I>your</I> nightmare!Mommy Needs a Xanaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807707012305893563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1156945008077696652006-08-30T08:36:00.000-05:002006-08-30T08:36:00.000-05:00I wish there was some way to teach kids practical ...I wish there was some way to teach kids practical uses for algebra. I was a freakin' straight A student from K through 9th grade and that was when the dreaded algebra entered my life and gave me my very first C. Then my first D. *gasp* My first F followed. My parents didn't save my first progress report and disciplinary slip like they saved my first lock of hair and first lost tooth. Nope. The whole family was crushed. I just couldn't <I>get it</I>!! Then suddenly when I was 20 and working in a hospital pharmacy I had to use an algebraic equation to figure a dosage and the burned-out math bulb of my Freshman year was suddenly lit. If there was just some way to make it all seem worthwhile...<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm excusing your DoNots - no! Not by any means! I'm just saying that sometimes practical application makes all the difference. And then sometime....well, sometimes kids are just a$$hats.Redneck Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506685036989431733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1156908571068861472006-08-29T22:29:00.000-05:002006-08-29T22:29:00.000-05:00Oiye. Looks like you've got your work cut out for ...Oiye. Looks like you've got your work cut out for you.<BR/><BR/>My attention span is like that too with math...I think I freak out and just shut down..maybe some of them are doing that in their own annoying way.<BR/><BR/>Glad you're not letting them run away from this because you're right, it WILL follow them and only get bigger with time. I know.<BR/><BR/>http://www.danno.org/blogsChickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014499736486393658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31782548.post-1156898929908023072006-08-29T19:48:00.000-05:002006-08-29T19:48:00.000-05:00Here is a link for you, HM, with perfect timing. I...Here is a link for you, HM, with perfect timing. It is from the blog for the Annals of Improbable Research and as a math teacher, it might make you laugh (or sob uncontrollably):<BR/><BR/>http://improbable.com/2006/08/29/a-mom-who-values-math/Scribalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541067664125917162noreply@blogger.com