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I have to admit, my patience is beginning to wear thin on this one. Now for all of you who give polite answers, God bless you. You are better than me. I tend to be a bit cranky as of late. Between dealing with squabbling siblings and a hateful in-law that the doctors have advised her daughter to go to court and have her committed (and you just thought your in-laws were crazy!), I just do not have the patience any more.
When people ask me this question, “But how can you teach Algebra or Chemistry when the kids get into high school? Surely you are going to put them into school then?” This is the question I ask, “Tell me what you remember from your high school algebra class.” Generally, the answer is a + b = c (which by the way is wrong). Ok, give me something else. Usually, they cannot. P.S. If you are asking this to an algebra teacher or physics engineer, ask what they remember from their high school literature class. My answer is this, “Well, I could not possibly do any worse than your teacher.” Listen, I took advanced Chemistry in High School and made straight A’s. I was doing the exact same problems in Basic Algebra and failing!!!! Thankfully, I have a merciful teacher who saw my Chemistry work and realized that I understood how to do it and she passed me in the class even though technically I failed. I am one of those people that need to see how a problem works; a bunch of meaningless letters do me no good. If you are concerned about this, there are so many resources out there. I know in all likelihood that I will not be able to effectively teach algebra ,so do you know what I am going to do? Since I can admit my limitations on this subject I will either get into a co-op, find a way to hire a tutor or get the course on DVD from Abeka or a host of other publishers. Wow! How will I ever manage to do that? Simple. I get off my rear end and do it!! Which is what I am doing now! Doing it!!! |
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