Baconrath Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 One of my big regrets upon graduating is not capitalizing more on all the student software deals. For example, my university had a subscription to Microsoft's DreamSpark so I had ample time to get software for free that would otherwise require me to apply for a small loan, granted that I adhere to their academic terms of service. Now that I've graduated I can't download anything but the stuff I have already I'm free to still use as long as I mind the ToS. So yeah. Get your cheaper(ish) software while you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 I should have checked my financial aid last year... This quarter I am potentally quite fucked. Should of accepted a lot more loans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I need to email an adviser and set up re-enrolling. Things will have calmed down by the time fall semester starts again, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Haha, oh wow. This is the biggest "fuck you" I have seen happen to my family. So my youngest brother just started his senior year of high school. He got his classes and everything. He even attended the first day of class. Today my mom just got a mail saying my brother can't go his school anymore due to him being outside the district despite him being there for the last three years with all proper paperwork filed. So my brother's senior year in high school is in limbo. Such bullshit. My mom is going to try to fight it but I doubt it'll amount to much. My mom and I think it would be better to just have my brother drop out and take the test for his GED rather than go through senior year at another school and start out a week or two behind. I feel that he won't perform well at his new school so there is my reasoning for him to drop out. Even if he get back into his school, he'll be behind at least a week or two. So congratulations this school district. You are as awful and incompetent (lost the paperwork for the last two years?) I thought you were (I spent my senior year there). Man, I should become a professor so I can have some time to home school my kids rather than face any kind of bullshit from the public school system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 what the heck? This is worse than those creationist tests. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Apparently this is Common Core math. I didn't go through it (it's new, and an American thing anyway), but from what I've read, it's what I do in my head. It's interesting, the debate/backlash happening with it. I'm not sure myself where I stand. Edited January 17, 2015 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yeah, once I figured out wtf it was talking about I realized it's actually how I do addition in my head too, but it's just asked in a really stupid way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Maybe seeing the whole worksheet or book will make the question make far more sense, as in you know to use the Common Core method. By itself, the question is completely fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Maybe, but I do remember from school teachers sometimes phrasing questions in ridiculous ways that leave you with no idea of what they're asking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Common Core, like a lot of things, seems like a mixed bag. Too often though people seem to rail against it just because of politics, or "gubmint overeach" or what have you. There's a lot that I've heard that isn't actually so terrible, then there's some things that is just stupid. But its not like the systems beforehand weren't stupid either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) OK,I get the concept they're going for now. It's how you'd split one difficult sum (8+5) into simpler steps in your head (8+2+3). And I think it's a good idea to teach how to simplify sums to do then mentally. Still though, the question is phrased awfully, not making it clear what or why you're doing it. and I don't think the teacher makes it much clearer. It should say how would you spilt this sum into easier steps (hint: make 10 first) Edited January 17, 2015 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 It should say how would you spilt this sum into easier steps (hint: make 10 first) Yes, that would be a MUCH clearer question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Quite interesting with younger siblings to see how much the national curriculum has changed since I've gone through school. Was doing reading with little sisters and turns out all the stuff they do now is phonetics, lot of lower case letters used and sounding out syllables n such. I guess makes more sense, but kinda makes it a bit hard for myself to go through stuff with them cos it's totally contrary to the old C-A-P-I-T-A-L letters way I've been taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 It should say how would you spilt this sum into easier steps (hint: make 10 first) Yes, that would be a MUCH clearer question. I think "make 10s" refers to the method of splitting difficult sums into what makes 10,20,30 etc and then add in the remainder to that 10.(Ex: 16+16, 16+14=30, 30+the 2 left = 32, although they would probably teach 16+4=20, 20+10=30, 30+2=32 each time ticking away at the second 16) Like Mal said, with context of the rest of the lesson it would probably make sense. This image seems to be typical facebook ragebait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Common Core is indeed quite a mixed bag from my experience with it. Education always goes through different teaching methods, so it's hard to say if this will truly stick around. Doesn't help that parents essentially can't help their kids with math when they don't know the "tricks" to the process. That's what Common Core seems to strive for, at least of what I've touched upon. A friend's kid had some homework, so I tried helping out with their division. The method they were taught was baffling to me and keep in mind I excelled in mathematics through my education years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 If I have kids, I would either need some office hours with the teacher or need some notes from the teacher to get me up to speed with CC math. Help me to help you because as of right now I wouldn't be able to help an elementary school student when it comes to CC math but I might be able to teach them calculus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-schools-subjects-are-out-and-topics-are-in-as-country-reforms-its-education-system-10123911.html Finland, widely regarded as one of the best education systems in the world, is looking to revamp their whole teaching style. While I agree something needs to be done about the current subject-based curriculum, especially faced with a world that wants more and more for kids to come out pretty much work-force ready, I'm not sure "topics" is the ideal approach. But we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 That's how my mum did a lot of her work with primary school students. It would be harder in secondary school were teachers have more specialised knowledge to impart would a teacher have to have high level knowledge in all areas? That doesn't seem realistic. But it worked well at her level - it's much more natural way of taking on information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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