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on Math Appeal
2 thoughts. Before being allowed to use a calculator in math class, kids need to know how to do basic math in their heads. Knowing the "times table" we used to learn in grade school is critical to note fearing math and moving on to a higher level.
Secondly, we as parents, grandparents and teachers need to make math fun for children so they can enjoy it and crave more.
Chatting with my 4-year-old grandson while eating lunch, I'll sometimes scribble on a piece of paper and ask him things like, "If 2+3=5, and 2+a=5, how much is "a" worth? He giggles and says "3!" He is so proud when I tell him, "Hey! You can already do algebra!" He loves it.
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on A Different Spin on Thanksgiving
A memory - In 1973 my wife and I both graduated from college and married 2 weeks later. That Thanksginving should have been special - and was.
I was a newly minted EMT who had just got a job with Buck Ambulance company. My first day was Thanksgiving Day, substituting for other EMT's so they could each take 2 hours off to have dinner with their families.
My very first run was to an automobile accident where a drunk driver had clobbered a family on their way to dinner. There I was, a scared rooky, loading 4 injured people (a mom, dad and their 2 children) into my very crowded ambulance.
When it was my turn to take 2 hours off to have dinner with my bride and family, I was very thankful that that no one was seriously hurt in that crash and that my family were all safe and sound in Grandma's kitchen.
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