tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post4584199942125702458..comments2024-01-27T23:26:35.301-08:00Comments on Live with Flair: A Victory for MomHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289182682225179442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-66653615662753093702012-10-04T12:05:56.488-07:002012-10-04T12:05:56.488-07:00I am missing crucial math brain cells too....it...I am missing crucial math brain cells too....it's just not how my brain is naturally wired to think. But I do like it because I am a logical person. I remember when our oldest (now a sophomore) was in 6th grade, and he was faced with an evening's worth of algebra. I discovered him sitting there crying, afraid he wouldn't get it all done b/c "dad's gone (also traveling) and you are no good at it." Oops..I guess my "I hate math" statements had sunk in deeper that I ever thought. I assured him that I could sit down and read through his text book and help him and we would most certainly get through it. I am now guiding my 6th grade twin girls through an on-line school program and am having so much fun re-learning all sorts of language and grammar rules, geometry and discovering all sorts of things in our American History that I never knew.Karynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-59293029886717982202012-10-02T18:01:49.218-07:002012-10-02T18:01:49.218-07:00I'm so excited to hear you helped your daughte...I'm so excited to hear you helped your daughter conquer the math homework! While getting my B.S. in Mathematics, I worked as a tutor and TA. It feels like so much of the problem that we have with math in our society revolves around attitude. "I don't like math." "Math is just too hard." "I just can't understand/learn how to do it." It is even worse when that bad attitude is coming from teachers, "Well, unfortunately, now it is time to do math." So many elementary teachers do not understand and do not like math, and that attitude shines through very clearly to the students. Parents can contribute to this too, perhaps even more than teachers.<br /><br />Reading is hard. Writing is hard. Art is hard. Music is hard. Science is hard. Math is hard. It's true. But that means we shouldn't let that stop us from trying and just treat it as a challenge. Ask questions. It's ok. Math takes practice. But math can be fun and exciting. Isn't it a great feeling when you finally figure it out? :)<br /><br />Way to go, Mom!Carlanoreply@blogger.com