Day: December 10, 2012

  • Homework Assignment 12/3

    Class, I read your last assignment and was pleased.  Part of my sneaky reasoning behind question A was so that I could have Xangans birthdays so I can wish you all a happy birthday.  I'm weird like that since I don't really celebrate my birthday.  I just want others to be happy on theirs.  Anyway that's weird so everyone gets an A+.

    Here's your next assignment:

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    Make sure you answer two questions clearly and concisely.  Answering all three questions gets you extra credit.

    Now get to work.

    A.  Princess Glitz

    B.  I think school should be year round.  You would be shocked how much knowledge kids lose over a summer break.  It always seemed like the first quarter and half of the second were all review in most subjects.  I had students that came back after summer and couldn't write or read cursive writing.  I had one student that forgot how to tell time using an analog clock.  I had another student forget how to form paragraphs.  It was awful.  One of the school districts in my area is implementing year round school.  The kids will get a three week vacation in the summer and I forget how the other vacations line up but I think they have two other three week vacations in there somewhere.  The problem with implementing this is they are only going to use it for K-4.  To me that's stupid because what happens when a kid in 3rd grade has a sibling in 6th and that sibling has a full summer break while the kid in 3rd grade has class?

    C.  I'd rather go with the rusty nail because I've done it before and it wasn't that painful.  I imagine the worst part of being grazed is seeing the blood which would probably cause me to faint.