tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post7500805515082622966..comments2024-01-15T12:17:49.418+02:00Comments on Midlife Singlemum: I Did DD's Maths HomeworkRachel Selbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-90472851550201167312019-01-05T23:54:58.802+02:002019-01-05T23:54:58.802+02:00In a life in another language, Google Translate is...In a life in another language, Google Translate is my best friend. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-87781877672461953592019-01-05T21:59:17.857+02:002019-01-05T21:59:17.857+02:00Love it! Use teachers and moms can really come up ...Love it! Use teachers and moms can really come up with creative ways to help our students and kids - Google Translate for Geometry what a great idea for me to steal for my students!! :) Diane Erichsen from Denver nownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-86987322766865921392018-12-01T10:09:12.784+02:002018-12-01T10:09:12.784+02:00P.s. This was just in the juniors, not in the infa...P.s. This was just in the juniors, not in the infants. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-21016035159432098772018-12-01T10:08:38.784+02:002018-12-01T10:08:38.784+02:00My mum kept a set of those books for years as she ...My mum kept a set of those books for years as she became the Maths Co-ordinator at Aylward for about 15 years. Miriam might still have them as she also teaches. What I remember about maths then, was that no one actually taught us. We read the explanation in the book and if we needed help we queued up at he teachers desk to for individual explanation. Of course only one of us needed to go. If you understood it you explained it to me and vice versa. I used to take my book home and my mum would explain the next few pages so we didn't have to waist time queuing. It seems unbelievable that we didn't actually have any maths lessons - just maths work time. Otoh, we were the last of the baby boomers with 40 children in a class. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-70756253057532371522018-11-29T04:15:51.639+02:002018-11-29T04:15:51.639+02:00I'm transported back to us at Aylward with Alp...I'm transported back to us at Aylward with Alpha Beta maths books! I loved maths enough to do two years of a college degree in it (although I changed mid-course for reasons unrelated to the subject matter) but I can't imagine doing it in Hebrew. I'm glad you and DD got through it all. Nicolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-47305429404985051992018-11-27T21:35:34.408+02:002018-11-27T21:35:34.408+02:00LOL, I'm glad it's not only us. I do remem...LOL, I'm glad it's not only us. I do remember that I very rarely let my mother, also a teacher, help me with homework - only if I was really stuck. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-67581075776810839512018-11-27T21:21:02.076+02:002018-11-27T21:21:02.076+02:00I'm also an ex maths teacher - and could never... I'm also an ex maths teacher - and could never help my DS to do maths without screaming/crying (sometimes both of us!). His big sister could help him - though once came to us and confided that 'He just doesn't have a maths brain'. That said, we found the right tutor: he got an A in GCSE maths and A8 for A level economics (Now studying history at LSE)RUth Warrenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617196792729888322noreply@blogger.com