It depends, if I remember correctly Carvers kids went to top notch colleges like MIT. You don’t get into schools like that with Bs and slacking.
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It depends, if I remember correctly Carvers kids went to top notch colleges like MIT. You don’t get into schools like that with Bs and slacking.
I never know what “new math” is. Is that anything post Newton/Leibniz so like post 1680’s or so? Or after “newer” branches like topology? Or using graphing calculators instead of log tables? Or just talking about the problem in a different way?
Even if the teaching method is somewhat different, there are so many tools available for industrious students to use to understand problem solving. When the Calculus teacher was deployed and the sub knew nothing about Calculus, my son taught himself basically by watching Khan Academy videos or asking his dad or an older brother. Then he wound up having to teach the other students and refer them to resources.
He would be so offended.
He went to Caltech. They have quite the rivalry.
Personally not concerned at all. Just explaining why I think the school system as it currently sits isn’t for me.
You'd say teaching is the same now as when you were in school? I know for sure the way they teach things like reading and math have changed at the elementary level anyways.
It’s post 80s I know. I would help my oldest with his algebra and he would get half credit. Answer was right but he did the steps wrong. They changed the way you do it from me to him. I asked a couple of his classmates parents and same thing happened to their kids. With no text books, it’s hard to help if you can’t look over the processes that they require if your kid is confused.
Instead of forcing everyone to memorize multiplication tables, different methods are introduced. The issue I had with it is that instead of showing them as options to solve a problem, the curriculum forced kids (and therefore parents) to master all methods. it wasn't an option to simply say, "I'm good with memorizing my tables." My oldest (and I) spent too many confusing and frustrating nights trying to figure out the homework instead of just understanding how to solve 23 X 56.
My daughter's in 8th grade and got a perfect score for math on her ISASP. I don't have a boy, but I'm sure if I did they couldn't do better than that.
The best thing my daughter had happen to her in middle school was running into a teacher that challenged her and made her work. Smart kids can absolutely cruise until they hit as teacher that kicks their ass a bit. She hated that teacher at first for "giving" her a C on a test, but she ended up being her favorite teacher by the end of the year.
Realizing your kids' issues means you're paying attention to them. Keep doing that and you'll be fine.
Just like our kids, us parents make mistakes. My daughter listens to me much more intently when I sprinkle in moments of my own shortcomings and failures.
He would be so offended.
Dang I thought you sent one to each. I knew it was smart kids school though
They get older, I find threats work better. And with mine it was never needed on schoolwork but on chores. So I would threaten to chaperone some school trip. Suddenly the yard is dog poop free.
My other four are Cyclone engineers.Dang I thought you sent one to each. I knew it was smart kids school though
LOL, I had a teacher that graded on a "I know your better than this curve" small school and he graded you on your ability plus your effort. Academically challenged kids with good effort would always get out with a C. Screw offs could easily get Ds or Fs. On projects is where he made the the smart kids put in the effort to get the As and Bs.
Holy crap you have 6 kids!?! I’m in awe, that’s so much work.
It’s only five, one Caltech, four ISU. No one went to MIT, but the Caltech one does have a prank MIT shirt. And they are all adults now so we are hoping at least one of them will not have us committed or something when we are even older. I have a full basketball team.