Math teacher writing geeky-chic YA. She/her. Untangler of brain-knots. STITCHING SNOW and SPINNING STARLIGHT.
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My kingdom (still) for a full set of Spanish courses designed for teachers, ideally branching off into subject areas.
I do okay between Duolingo teaching me the language basics and a lot of checking other sources for the math side (and basically proofreading Google Translate) ... but I feel like I'm only going to get so far.
For me, there may not be anything better than hearing 8th and 9th grade students softly singing along to the '80s/'90s playlist I play while they work on their math practice.
Uh, excuse me, but is Google Translate trying to tell me that mowing lawns is a male-exclusive activity or what? 🤨
ALT A story problem about Melanie doing yard work, followed by Google asking, "Did you mean 'for every lawn he mows'?"
My niece went to Homecoming with a former student of mine, but before he was my student, he was my neighbor I've known since he was about 5.
Meanwhile I'm still processing that they're both old enough to drive.
Today was a really easy day teaching-wise, but because my classroom started at 84 degrees and never went below 77, I feel ridiculously drained.
Maybe a nap when I get home...
Always nice to make a kid’s day, and today I did it for two…
… by placing them in a more challenging math class. 🤓
I've been wearing a mask for two years while teaching teenagers. I don't think I can count how many different messages I can convey through eyebrow-position changes alone. 😛
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Things I've learned at age 40+:
How to ...
- crochet (several afghans & amigurumi under my belt)
- knit (very beginner, just the mechanics of the basics)
- code for Desmos CL (solid intermediate-ish level?)
Plans for this summer:
- get semi-decent at knitting
- learn more general coding (playing w/ both Scratch & Python for now)
- learn more about Data Science
- (re)learn Abstract Algebra (the one college math course where even though I passed, I was like "What just happened??")
It occurs to me that Rebels is very “Leverage x Star Wars” (to me, anyway) … just in case I needed further understanding of why it’s my favorite.
I always thought I’m a pretty good teacher who tries my best, but I’d never be the kind that gets chosen as Teacher of the Year.
*goes to school’s closing social*
Um, well … so much for that theory. 😳
Always interesting to see which students take “sign yearbooks” literally—and *just* sign their name—vs. those who write messages (of varying lengths).
(Yeah, it’s Yearbook Day)
Managed not to cry with my B3 class—they were my first group of accelerated 7th graders two years ago, and I taught most of them all 3 years of junior high.
They kept me busy doing equation-races on the whiteboard. It was NOT my idea … they wanted to math until the very end.