Thursday, June 14, 2007

New Math

Um, boys, when you play Rock, Paper, Scissors, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE ACTUAL ROCKS! (The mail carrier and her supervisor were very unhappy about the cracked windshield.)

Favorite lesson of the week.
"So, boys and girls, if there are four quarts in a gallon, how many quarts are in a half gallon?"
"Two quarts."
"Excellent job. If there are are 12 inches in a foot, what would be a half-a foot?"
"Toes."

Unfavorite lesson: Actual objectives from the teacher's manual.
Students will use informal language to discuss ratios.
"Dude, the numer-ay-tor, the numerashalicious, wassup?"
Students will use ratios to solve problems.
"Ms. Squirrel! Ms Squirrel! Johnny keeps hitting me!"
"Well, Sally, have the two of you discussed a ratio yet to solve your problem? Remember, no tattling until you've tried to find a solution."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There's no dude-ing in Mathematics. Weird guys with long curly hair, but no dudes.

--Taupey LaPlace