[grania]

I'm a retired math teacher who was substituting until this year. Someone in my situation has not entered alternative reality as I did until they've been in a "math class" in which solving quadratic equations is a group activity.

Math is supposed to teach disciplined process thinking and drawing logical conclusion based on verified information. The word problems and group thingies should be a maybe once a week exercise applying those newly developed skills.

Don't wind me up !!! <^..^>

[jpsb]

"Math is supposed to teach disciplined process thinking and drawing logical conclusion based on verified information."

Bump!

[afraidfortherepublic]

My daughter teaches music in a Catholic school. As a “perq” for her low salary, she was allowed to enroll my granddaughter into the school for 1/2 tuition. My granddaughter’s math scores plummeted until she was quite far behind over 2 years. So, my daughter pulled her out, sent her to public school, and enrolled her in “Mathnasium”, a tutoring program.

After a year of Mathnasium (which costs $200 per month) my granddaughter is at the top of her class again. The interesting thing is that Mathnasium is full of Asian and Indian students who go there for FUN, not because they need help.