Comments on: My middle son… http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/my-middle-son/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:21:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Julie Stiles Mills http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/my-middle-son/#comment-1441 Julie Stiles Mills Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:59:57 +0000 http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/?p=439#comment-1441 I'm the one who struggled with math. I took Algebra 1 in college THREE times and finally passed with a "C" - for which I was VERY thankful! My 12 year old son is now officially learning something in school I NEVER learned. My husband tells me it called trigonometry. Ewwwww. I’m the one who struggled with math. I took Algebra 1 in college THREE times and finally passed with a “C” – for which I was VERY thankful! My 12 year old son is now officially learning something in school I NEVER learned. My husband tells me it called trigonometry. Ewwwww.

]]> By: brenda http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/my-middle-son/#comment-1426 brenda Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:22:23 +0000 http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/?p=439#comment-1426 I can relate! I think I was an awesome math teacher when I taught in public schools b/c I made sure my students had whatever they needed to understand what we were doing. I needed that when I was in school but didn't have it. I was a very understanding math teacher! I can relate! I think I was an awesome math teacher when I taught in public schools b/c I made sure my students had whatever they needed to understand what we were doing. I needed that when I was in school but didn’t have it. I was a very understanding math teacher!

]]> By: schooldownthelane http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/my-middle-son/#comment-1423 schooldownthelane Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:09:08 +0000 http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/?p=439#comment-1423 He sounds a lot like my oldest daughter. She truly, truly struggles with math. She's been stuck on fractions for over a year! I feel your pain, math is often a *hurricane* here. :( I guess I should be happy that her passion is in history and literature, not much math there! He sounds a lot like my oldest daughter. She truly, truly struggles with math. She’s been stuck on fractions for over a year! I feel your pain, math is often a *hurricane* here. :(

I guess I should be happy that her passion is in history and literature, not much math there!

]]> By: Ann http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/my-middle-son/#comment-1421 Ann Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:57:13 +0000 http://acompletethought.wordpress.com/?p=439#comment-1421 My son is very similar, he's thirteen now we went right back to basics when he was eight years old. He practised the basics, now that he understands he's more confident . My son also loves Science and we felt much as you do. Practise is the key. My father in law used to tell him that when he was a young boy, about 9 or 10 I think, his teacher told him he'd never be a mathematician, his head teacher taught him maths in the High school (the head teacher apparently hated maths but was an excellent teacher who in lesson preparation had encountered the "problems" the children would face), this teacher enabled him to gain confidence and excel at the subject. He had a Mathematician teach him Advanced level maths which taught him the "beauty"( not my word) of the subject, he studied a Science at university but won maths prizes. Grandad still remembers Maths, he's 72yrs old. This was one long comment, hope you don't mind. So My son is very similar, he’s thirteen now we went right back to basics when he was eight years old. He practised the basics, now that he understands he’s more confident . My son also loves Science and we felt much as you do. Practise is the key.

My father in law used to tell him that when he was a young boy, about 9 or 10 I think, his teacher told him he’d never be a mathematician, his head teacher taught him maths in the High school (the head teacher apparently hated maths but was an excellent teacher who in lesson preparation had encountered the “problems” the children would face), this teacher enabled him to gain confidence and excel at the subject. He had a Mathematician teach him Advanced level maths which taught him the “beauty”( not my word) of the subject, he studied a Science at university but won maths prizes. Grandad still remembers Maths, he’s 72yrs old.

This was one long comment, hope you don’t mind.
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