Frustration really began today. First of all, the conferences. Will they ever end? And why is it that parents don't care, until their kid gets a bad report card? Shouldn't parents be more proactive, and less reactive?
Second, the general lack of trying. Math students were working on percent problems (sales tax, commission, discount). All I heard was "I don't know what to do!" Since they are all word problems, you first have to read the problem!! Why students won't read I will never understand. This was a group assignment, and most students used their notes and books, as well as spoke to their groups. But there is always one group . . . . . . "T cubed" as I call call them. One was absent yesterday, so immediately said he didn't know what to do. When that failed, it was, "But my group is also failing." It went downhill from there . . . .
It never seems to end. Talk about an exhausting day!!!!!!!!
1 comment:
Well, it is possible the parents have the attitude "I was never good at math either..." Some people think math is a genetic ability or disability instead of a set of learned skills. It doesn't help, but many parents are at a loss at home so those eight hours they are at school are "the teacher's problem" so they don't work with or against you. They simply feel it is not their job.
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