School me on being a Dad

[killramos]

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ftfy

same same

[schurchill39]

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Talking about growing up so fast, the big topic of discussion in my house this week is grade 9 math. There's been some big emotions on that topic. Decided I'd better check my attitude and test myself. Did the online practice PAT from https://questaplus.alberta.ca/app/practice-test-access.
Scored 48/50.

Some real talk with the kid about Khan academy, the merits of Math 10-15, and how to pull the grades together before the end of the grade 9 year.

I remember when I was in my mid 20s people talking about "new math" where they did addition and subtraction left to right and all sorts of other weird approximation tricks and I couldn't wrap my head around why they would ever stray from the traditional math teachings. We grew up on 'mad minutes' and just repeating over and over and over. When I was on facebook those silly 5 + 10 x 14 - 7 = ? questions were all the rage with like 80% of people forgetting BEDMAS. Now in my mid 30s I realise that in my head I tend to do quick calcs that exact same way (from left to right) and thend to think of numbers as blocks fitting together. I've softend my stance on how to teach & learn math and am open to seeing how the system introduces it to the kids now that mine are entering the school system. My kindergartener asks math questions all the time and I've been teaching him the traditional way but I'm sure that will change when it his ciriculum changes from counting to doing something with the numbers.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Algebra in Grade-5:

"Callie is walking to the school. Callie has to walk twice as far as Jack. Jack walks 3 km less than Everly. How far does Callie have to walk?"

The instructions are to "write an expression for each question, then solve".

Great fuckin job, Assholes. The very next question has adequate information, numbers and a solution.

[killramos]

lol

[ExtraSlow]

Killy won't be laughing as hard when he's got four or five kids in grade school.

[killramos]

My kid isn’t going within 10 miles of a CBE school lol

[you&me]

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My kid isn’t going within 10 miles of a CBE school lol

That is the way.

It's a glorious feeling to read comments online, or hear conversations about how shitty the education system is and have absolutely no idea what people are talking about

[bjstare]

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Killy won't be laughing as hard when he's got four or five kids in grade school.

No, he'll be crying into his empty wallet after paying $75k/yr in tuition

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That is the way.

It's a glorious feeling to read comments online, or hear conversations about how shitty the education system is and have absolutely no idea what people are talking about

Haha I feel the same way.

[you&me]

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No, he'll be crying into his empty wallet after paying $75k/yr in tuition

Isn't Killy at just a single child, ergo a single tuition? I feel there's a 'Coupe-esque joke about lunch bills and students or something.

Protip - schools offering multi-student discounts should immediately move to the top of the list for anyone considering private with 3, 4 or 5 kids... Do as I say, not as I do

Haha I feel the same way.

Worth it.

[killramos]

Yea private school is unlikely to be a significant financial burden lol