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In a message dated 4/25/2002 6:40:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
CopperScaleDragon@... writes:


> The thing I worry about is that he
> was able to figure a tip for us on the fly last year with no problem
> and now he seems to have forgotten how, even the simple things like
> figuring ten percent. He has always been really great with math and
> loved the subject. Math and Science, art photography and drame are
> his favorite subjects. He just seems to have lost ground.

Or maybe the school-taught stuff just doesn't really stick?

(I'm pretty certain that's it - considering my college students' retention of
anything they ever learned in school. VERY VERY little. I wish you all could
experience what I do, teaching high school graduates. You'd worry a LOT less
about whether your kids were learning enough, believe me.)

--pamS
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harsh. But remember that people are offering it to be helpful and what feels
uncomfortable to you might be just what someone else needed to hear.



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In a message dated 4/25/2002 6:40:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
CopperScaleDragon@... writes:


> He loves the computer and games, so I am buying what I can find in
> game format for him. I have found an algebra game that he enjoys and
> a friend has loande me "Zoombinis" stuff that we both love. I need to
> find a copy of this we can keep!

I found The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis at www.smarterkids.com -- they
also have the other zoombinis game - Zoombinis Mountain Rescue.

--pamS


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