three geeks a-leaping

Ha! I was halfway to typing an answer, and then I figured "it's been too many minutes since I opened the thread, I guarantee someone's already jumped on this."

just remember each time you have to do the same to both sides, and let the terms you want to get rid of dictate what you do.

so after you have got all the like terms together (in quadratic equations all the xsquareds would be together too, giving you three types of terms)....

first look to get rid of the number term on the side with the Xs. in this case we have a +22 we don't want

then in the next step we know what 34Xs are, but we only want one, so divide by 34. just remember to do the same to each side

You guys are awesome. Still gonna look into that tutor...

heehee. bet i'm the only one with a PhD in the acquisition of algebraic-type problem-solving skills, though! eh? eh?

employ me. Field trip to algebra tutor once a week....

Are you willing to relocate for very little pay and no benefits?

My son is a wiz at math too. I barely squeaked by college algebra. I think I got a mercy pass. I tried and tried to get it but didn't. I remember it being a lot like UT was doing. ( Yeah I know that's elementary)

I think monsters method sounded the simplest. I could actually understand it. I think you'd be a good teacher monster.

The problem is I think the formulas need to be like UT's? They way the schools want or wanted you to do them was in that strict formation?

Not that it matters. Jinx got her answer. I am just curious..always.

hehe @ 3 geeks a leaping

haggis!

Anyone else think Dar's been stalking this type of post for a while?

I have to put a cat down. You know what I mean. :(

all three of us (me dar and toadie) did the same thing, I just explained it at 6th grade level. actually, I do teach math, I just don't get paid for it ;). I'd be a crap real teacher -I'd kill the little shits if I had them for an extended period of time.

And as for what the schools want -Jinx is the school :lol:

It really is a good idea to get a tutor, though Jinx -and get one who really loves math. Half the battle with the kids I work with is that all their life they've heard that math is boring and hard so it's an uphill battle before they've even found out what it's really all about ....plus by the time they reached this point, if they've been in a standard school system, even the ones who did enjoy math have been bored to tears by having "math facts" drummed into them and doing gazillions of basic problems so everybody knows math r srs subject.

Yes, I'm a little passionate about this, how did you guess?





Sorry about your cat, Juni.

I'm so sorry, Juni. That really sucks.

Aaawww....Juni. That sucks. He/she can go chase mice in kitty heaven with mine that have gone the same route.

:D Mostly just white and nerdy. But I've also had practice recently helping the darlets with homework.

You ok, Juni? We've had to have dogs put down. It's a really hard decision to make.

How do you know it isn't (14X + 7X) + (20X + 15X) = 90? Or (14 + 7X) + (20 + 15X) = 90? ;)

Condolences, Juni. :sniff:

Aww Juni *hugs* so sorry to hear that. You ok honey?

This isn't anirritation but more like sadness. I can't find a "What's making you sad today" thread so I decided to put it in this thread. I just found out tonight that a friend's mom is going to die soon. Her health has been going downhill, of course, the family still had hoped she can pull through. The doctor just called and said she won't be able to recover at all. She has a rampant infection going on and some blood clots in her arm. When those clots dislodge, she will go under cardiac arrest. The doctor told the family to meet with him tomorrow and to bring the mom's living will. She has been on the ventilator for almost 3 weeks. She also has been heavily sedated because of the pain. As soon as I got my friend's email, I called him to give him some comforting words. However, he gave me comforting words instead because I couldn't stop crying. :sniff::lame::neutral: I'm actually worried about the father too. They have been married for 49 years. Imagine losing a spouse after 49 years of being together. :sniff:

Sorry to hear about that Tulip. Hang in there.

I won't even have the opportunity to spend that long with my someone. I think it will be extremely difficult, but they were VERY fortunate to have had that much time together.

We're having issues with LL's teacher. I understand it is a taxing, underappreciated, and underpaid job, but it is a job. do your fucking job cockwhore. Her answer to everything is "oh he'll probably be fine. oh he didn't score well on the test? just give him easier books."

lazy bitch is trying to get him to test at nearly a year under what he was doing LAST year because it is easier than getting to the root of the problem. he is having trouble taking his comprehension tests during class "free time" when people are running around. he got 5 out of 10 right on a book he knew inside and out and he's pretty upset about it. she had him take it at 3:00 at a computer next to the exit door while other kids streamed out for a 3 day weekend and interrupted him to make sure he knew i was waiting for him.

we acknowledge l LL has to learn to overcome and cope with his ADD issues but let's not make it harder for the kid.

What happens based on the score of this test?

The rest of his academic career is based upon the opinions of his current teachers. I learned that shit the hard way. Fuggers!

right, but apparently her opinion is that his results in this test aren't overly worrying.

From a complete stranger's POV, my concern would not be about the test results as much as LL's being upset about it. Why so much pressure on such a young child? Or rather why is he feeling so much pressure? If the stress is exacerbated by his ADD, maybe reduced testing should be part of his IEP.

L123 is absolutely right to be upset about this, and my question is how to turn it into something not upsetting, something positive for the future. I'm not entirely sure the teacher isn't doing her job -although the testing by the door situation seems a bit odd to say the least... but maybe she was just trying to reassure LL that it really wasn't a big deal by putting him in a quiet room on his own so he wouldn't feel so stressed and that just backfired due to the presence of L123 outside and the interfering nature of other kids?

I read it as though the teacher just wants to dumb down the curriculum so that LL can pass and she doesn't have to do any more work. What LL NEEDS is more attention and a quite test-taking environment.

That was my take. But hell we all know what my opinion is worth. :<

Does he need a test-taking environment at all is my question? Why is this testing being done, why is it being done differently from the other kids and most importantly why is it causing LL stress? I'm sorry it's pissing L123 off, but I'm even sorrier that it's stressing LL.

I think we're talking bout different things -you're talking about the teacher's attitude generally -and i agree with your interpretation of L123's description- whereas I am talking about the one test that is the catalyst of this particular upset. If that can be addressed, maybe it can form a good starting point from which to address other issues.

But I understand this is really the venting rather than problem solution thread, so I'll stfu now.

I can't even begin on what's upsetting me today, but it's long, complex, unpleasant, going to involve shitloads of paperwork and it's emotionally stressful for me, I've actually cried over this shit today....(but in mitigations it's that time).....and then someone just emailed with a request for info that with require similar work for acrimonious divorce proceedings. I could just say no, but it sounds like she needs all the help she can get and as I have to go through all the records anyway.... maybe the good karma of helping her will help me. Of perhaps I'll just end up in the middle of more unpleasantness. What is it they say about the road to hell? :rolleyes: Needless to say I'm procrastinating as usual and have pissed my day away again.

No good deed goes unpunished.

I got a similar response from my son's teacher today, but I have to admit, in this case, it was a relief. He's struggling, but really it's his own damn fault - he's a brilliant kid but as the saying goes "is not working up to potential." Does dumb things like forget to turn in homework, doesn't study for tests, doesn't write things in his agenda, forgets to have me sign things like log sheets, practice sheets, forgets to put his name on things.

Teacher and I agreed it is probably just a maturity issue (he's a June baby, probably should've been held back, if I knew then what I know now . . . . ) and he will get it one of these days so we should just be happy with B's and C's as long as he's learning. It goes against my instinct - but I agree, at least to some extent. Pick your battles.

So we have devised this plan - he earns $10 for every report card A, as long as he gets nothing under 70. He didn't make it this quarter. :( Also if he gets under 70 on 2nd quarter report card, all extracurriculars are canceled.

About the cat -- she is still with us. Vet appointment tomorrow. Don't know what the result will be. I don't know what to do about this cat. She's 19 and looks terribly scroungy, but she still gets around fine, has a great appetite, etc. Only problem is that, though she uses the litter box, she has a habit of peeing on the floor by the litter boxes and in my son's room. And we think, also, on the couch, on anything left on the floor, papers, towels, clothes, shoes, school bags, occasionally in my office, etc. We have to smell everything before we use it and that is REALLY getting old.

Still, it's hard. She's my mom's cat. I inherited her when mom died, and I promised my mom we'd take good care of her. I've never had to put a cat down that wasn't already obviously on its way out and just needed a little help hastening the process. This feels a bit too arbitrary. :(

And you have. You did not, however, say for how long, so that's out of the equation. Now it's a matter of how much cat piss you can stand.

Did you talk to the school psychologist Juni? My friend's son has similar things going on and ADD is suspected. Super-bright, but will do nothing on his own volition except read or play computer. She's always suspected something but never really pursued it because he is the youngest in the class and the teachers felt he'd get there eventiually and then was told that it's starting to really affect his work and that there doesn't have to be a hyperactive part to ADD. I'm not saying your son has this, or that my friend's cone does -she only heard this last week, but just that maybe it's worth ruling it out?

and what Bruce said re the cat.

God we're all having seriously crappy times right now, aren't we? Bloody human race.....

Yup. We had him evaluated for ADD about a month ago. The answer was a resounding NO. He's just spoiled and passive-aggressive. :)

oh that is good news. well, you know what i mean....

It's children I tell you, if people stopped having children the aspirin market would tank. That would solve the global warming problem too.

But I think I'll keep him anyway. How can you resist this? With those dimples?

or what about this taken in class by his teacher :lol:

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Get that boy a haircut, and a suit 'n tie or uniform. That'll straighten him right out.

I'd have better luck shaving the cat....

:lol2:

monster, I almost forgot to tell you. A couple weeks ago I ran into my cousin (the one I was sitting with at the bar when you arrived for dinner on your way home.) She asked if you had had fun and she said "what a cute family!"

I agreed. And really cool, too. :)

aaaw :)

:3_eyes:
:D

Fricking anal-retentive health insurance adjusters.

"I see that you provided that information in box 12. Well, we needed it in box 9. Them's the rules, Miss. Please resubmit all forms."

My neck hurts for no good reason! I can barely hold up my head though and it hurts to turn it either way. wtf!? It's been days and I'm eating aleve like pez at this point.

call me if you want me to stop and get you some tiger balm or ben gay or sumpin

Maybe some heroin. I'll let ya know... thx

damn...fresh out.

I didn't know fresh sold heroin....

So that's where he's been!

yup. got caught.



(is this gossiping? Or just outright bullshitting?)

It just struck me, properly, for the first time that Christmas 2008 was Dad's last Christmas. he spent it alone, as he couldn't travel up, I was unwell and my bro was knackered by the run up to Chistmas (work and also getting things ready for the girls and a few trips over to dad's to try and get his house cleared up and more comfortable.)

He bought goose for us to have at my Bro's house. And as he was unable to travel he got himself a small one as well. Trouble is it was too big for his cooking tray and oven. he stuffed it in there. Then I think he fell asleep or something. It charred somewhat on the outside. Then he couldn't get it out of the oven. He managed to get some of it out, but it was all dried out. It was all a bit much for him and he gave up on it, ate something else and went to bed. When he was telling mum about it a few days later, he said he'd been really disappointed about it. He'd been looking forward to goose, hadn't had it in years.

The idea of him trying to cook a goose for himself, all alone, struggling for breath after every movement, and then being gutted (and exhausted) when it was ruined, upsets me. I haven't thought about it in a while. It upset me when mum first told me about it. But I hadn't realised then that it would be his last Christmas. I also hadn't realised then that the next time I saw him he'd look so totally different with his white beard and one white eyebrow (the other remained resolutely dark grey to the end)and be barely conscious.

it's just really upset me that his last Christmas was so shit. I can't get the picture out of my head, of his lonely little bungalow, and the piles of packages, opened and unopened, from catalogue stores. The cupboards full of every last ingredient, by a man who loved cooking, but had no breath left to do it.

I'm sorry, Dana. :(

Hugs, Dana.

Are you ok jinx?

I am sky, thanks for asking. Feels better today than yesterday, and yesterday was WAY better than the day/night before. I still don't know wtf... felt like whiplash or meningitis or something else horrible but I didn't do anything to hurt it. Strange.

I reckon you were straining to see if there was anything interesting further down in cloud's nsfw pic.

I think that's exactly what it was.

Today it's disappoint more than upset but there's no thread for that...
Spent most of the day at CHOP, which is just not my happy place, meeting with the kid's plastic/hand surgeon, getting xrays, meeting some more... Unfortunately no major advancements have been made in the last 9 years and there's still no real fix for my kids' messed up fingers. Damn it to hell.

Sorry jinx. :(