tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post3047350402025422865..comments2023-08-18T10:38:57.504-04:00Comments on Pencils Down: Don't Cry for MeMr. Lucchesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11489214765844797652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-72235470958655654742008-05-20T12:37:00.000-04:002008-05-20T12:37:00.000-04:00one of my dreams is to know math...and be smart. i...one of my dreams is to know math...and be smart. i do well in artbut am just like boof! i feel dumbdarkerskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751811688625259593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-47738160175513617652008-02-19T22:55:00.000-05:002008-02-19T22:55:00.000-05:00It's simple closed-mindedness.It's simple closed-mindedness.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-66567033858116231682008-01-08T04:42:00.000-05:002008-01-08T04:42:00.000-05:00I get the same thing along with the infamous, and ...I get the same thing along with the infamous, and I know a favourite of yours, "i hate math."<BR/><BR/>Lucky for me I got over my "hatred" of math, but that was mostly due to intense prodding from a physics prof i had for a fairly non-math intensive physics course who <I>always</I> pulled me aside to tell me that I am a scientist. Glad I listened. <BR/><BR/>I love my classes, like h's student, the big picture stuff and the advanced classes are so much easier for me to understand then the earlier stuff. <BR/><BR/>I bet you could do something to help her h, you'd be surprised at how much a teachers confidence can convince someone that they indeed <I>are</I> good at something they think they aren't good at.lost clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-40290889087876966192008-01-07T08:51:00.000-05:002008-01-07T08:51:00.000-05:00For whatever his faults, that golf coach was a hec...For whatever his faults, that golf coach was a heck of a lot nicer to me than the Mutzinator. I also got some of my best math grades in his class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-59780110706221834942008-01-06T07:59:00.000-05:002008-01-06T07:59:00.000-05:00The teacher was also a golf coach, if that rings a...The teacher was also a golf coach, if that rings a bell, Allen.Mr. Lucchesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489214765844797652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-17728733962681394892008-01-05T21:17:00.000-05:002008-01-05T21:17:00.000-05:00Ouch. I have a student who says she hates math, wh...Ouch. I have a student who says she <I>hates</I> math, who says it is incredibly disagreeable to her to do math - and who <I>loves</I> Chemistry and says she'd like to be a scientist if there weren't so much math involved. She also had a math teacher in upper elementary who told her that she just didn't get math. <BR/><BR/>But she really <I>does</I> get it. Her skills in computation and equation solving aren't great - they make you think she hasn't had much practice - but she picked up newer stuff, graphing, transformations of graphs, with great ease compared to most classmates. She seems to get the "big ideas" more readily than the rote skills stuff - unlike the majority of the students. My goal is that she'll be able to like math - if just a little - by the end of the year.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00155248585975222332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685421402252076967.post-10215424323289164122008-01-05T19:59:00.000-05:002008-01-05T19:59:00.000-05:00Oooh... Which teacher was that in your junior yea...Oooh... Which teacher was that in your junior year? I'm just curious...mackenabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120227323768710233noreply@blogger.com