'Never Leave Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Instead of telling them it can't be done, how 'bout telling them, "We're just not going to do that now."
Oh, I'm not doing it (as I have chosen the dubious pleasures of adolescents over those of small children) -- this is what, in my theoretical lesson, would be a test question (or a discussion question, I'm not sure yet). That is to say, the 9th graders would have to think of a way to explain it to first graders. The elementary school teachers are on their own.
Do ya think Rove got Uncle Phillip headslapped by Dubya?
Dubya probably needs to consult with Rove about the Rove situation, so it really comes down to whether Rove is a masochist.
Yay, Emily.
Also: I agree, that's totally the way to do it. Although... part of the point of my theoretical lesson plan involves the fact that those teachers aren't actually lying. What they're saying is true for that system. But it would be better, especially if you have students who already know (often from the incontrovertible supreme authority of their parents, siblings, or Books) that you can so do that, would be to explain about the systems. I don't know much about elementary education, so I'm not sure what the best way to go about it would be, but pretty much any explanation is better than "no you can't."
Oh, also I'm kind of having trouble finding Web pages which talk about the whole idea of "different number systems" aside from just defining them. If anyone comes up with a good, not-too-complicated page about it, could you let me know? Or, for that matter, if you've got something you think should be said about the topic, also let me know!
HOCKEY!
Oh gawd - an animated .gif that had me laughing outloud: Love your job
Heh. This has been me, like, every day this week!
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Yesterday Was Monday In A Tuesday Suit And Today Is The Day That Never Ends It Goes On And On My Friend
Hmm. I'm trying to think of a situation in which a child would have one set of rules for one thing and another for something else.
Like maybe bedtime during school days, and bedtime on weekends.
What time is your bedtime? It depends on whether we are using weekday rules or weekend rules. The set of numbers we're using are like weekday rules, stricter so that we can play with the weekend numbers.
Or a doll with bendy knees versus one without. They're both dolls, but you can't bend the knees of one. You can break them, but you can't make them be bendy. And besides, the doll doesn't owe you that much money.
Children just learning about addition and subtraction are often told that they can't subtract a larger number from a smaller one. Why? Sometimes these children have already learned outside of class about negative numbers. How would you explain, as simply as possible, to these children why their teacher is apparently lying to them?
Isn't that why we have whachamacallit...uh, natural (counting) numbers? It's an opportunity to discuss sets!