Give Them an Inch, and They'll Take a Mile
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
January 11, 2017 6:07pm CST
My students that is. Or if I give them a centimeter they'll take a meter.
Actually, they are supposed to do just that. We are working on scale and dimensions. Today the students learned how to determine the length of the actual objects given the size of the model or drawing and the scale factor to use. They caught onto it very well.
After two extra days off, I wasn't ready to be on my feet all day. By the time I got home my back was as tight as a piano wire. It is finally relaxing some now.
I haven't gotten much writing done today, and haven't gone online to take the next lesson in my writing course. I'm a lesson ahead. No worries there.
How has your day gone?
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
13 Jan 17
@DWDavis it can be like that here. Yesterday they couldn't find another sub so they were short a teacher. When I was still teaching full time I worked at a tough school and we could rarely get a sub. It is exhausting.
Are subs well payed there? I think our pay is pretty good.
We had a huge blizzard yesterday afternoon and rural buses didn't run today. I expected to be called as I thought some country teachers wouldn't be able to get into the city. But I wasn't called.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jan 17
Had to go out against my will so they could do whatever it they did to the parking lot. Not sure as it still looks like an ice skating rink out there. However, the movie was very good.
I'm sorry your back is tight after a day on your feet. It's good your students are catching on with all that math. You must be a good teacher.
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@crossbones27 (52948)
• Mojave, California
12 Jan 17
Nice to hear you wanted them to do that. Always how students do the wrong thing. Nice to hear when they do what they are supposed to also.
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@crossbones27 (52948)
• Mojave, California
12 Jan 17
@DWDavis True, was the most frustrating thing for me also when I was in school.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Most of my students struggle, to tell the truth, but when we hit something that sparks their interest they really light up. But there's those who don't seem to get interested in anything because at 12 years old they've already given up on themselves. I kind of went on a rant about that today in my post.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Jan 17
Had I been in your class, I would be in the corner wearing the dunce cap.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Jan 17
@DWDavis Clever teacher!
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@lyanhnan (151)
• Thrissur, India
12 Jan 17
The best thing I remember about maths in school was how to easily write the multiplication table for 9. Here it is:
First write out the multiplications on the left of = :
9X1 =
9X2 =
9X3 =
9X4 =
9X5 =
9X6 =
9X7 =
9X8 =
9X9 =
9X10 =
The write down the numbers from 0 to 9 top down on right side of = :
9X1 = 0
9X2 = 1
9X3 = 2
9X4 = 3
9X5 = 4
9X6 = 5
9X7 = 6
9X8 = 7
9X9 = 8
9X10 = 9
Now write in reverse fro 9 to 0 top down or more easily, 0 -9 bottom up:
9X1 = 09
9X2 = 18
9X3 = 27
9X4 = 36
9X5 = 45
9X6 = 54
9X7 = 63
9X8 = 72
9X9 = 81
9X10 = 90
and heavy presto! Multiplication tables for 9 is done. Perfect!
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jan 17
My day has been okay. I have had a headache all day, woke up with that but besides that my day was good. =)
I'm sure you are hurting from standing all day. I hope you enjoy your evening and get to relax.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
12 Jan 17
My day just started, it has been good so far. Are you taking that online writing course on Coursera by any chance?
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 17
I was supporting in a maths lesson yesterday. It was on fractions. The students didn't really catch on!
@JudyEv (382259)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan 17
It's almost lunch time here and I'm waiting for Vince to get home from his golf morning with his friends. We have a concert coming up on Sunday and I'll have four people staying so there is a fair bit of cleaning going on too.
