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Posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 amEllen –
I’m happy you got plenty of rest and are feeling better. Grandma said she really liked the Merlin movie. She said she liked it so much that she got annoyed whenever there was an interuption – and apparently there were a few.
I need help. I don’t know what you’re doing in school. I mean, I know what you’ve told me. I just need to know more. I need a list of your courses and teachers. Too, I would like a list of the web addresses for your courses.
I don’t know about you, but one of my ‘devotionals’ is the daily SAT question. Only one hundred twenty five thousand eight hundred sixty three people – give or take a couple – actually bother with the SAT daily question. And there are probably near twenty million in high school. So, that’s half a percent ‘devoted’ to the SAT. The ‘cream’, in other words. Are you in that number?
Thanks for mentionning the Ark of Truth. I did find it and brought it here with me.
Mom’s on the piano now. She just does that. Goes off. Plays music.
You?
I love you.
Dad
Oh. And sometimes challenging the teacher is the same as complimenting the teacher. If you openly challenge your teacher he know that you are listening to what he says. That means you respect him enough to listen. And if you said, “Well computers are wonderful BUT they didn’t create themselves – clever people did, didn’t they?” then you are definitely engaged, he knows it, and he will probably really appreciate the opportunity for a student-teacher dialog, particularly if you’re in a class of timid shut-mouth waiting for someone else to make the first move, right? Anyway, challenging can be welcome. Good luck.
MathMagic isn’t the only answer to a grumpy Math teacher. You could just compliment his shoes. Any compliment. For instance, I thank Joyce at BIP for the class at the end of the session sometimes. Other times I thank her for a response to a question. Engaging is Good. Withdrawing is Trouble. Talking to someone who seems to get along with the teacher is another direction. You’ve got an imagination. I know you can work it out. I just thought I would stick my nose in. Later.