tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post3078754514716807067..comments2024-01-03T04:58:04.221-05:00Comments on I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down...: My So-Called Remedial ClassUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-37452015294863551952012-03-19T00:58:10.366-04:002012-03-19T00:58:10.366-04:00Way to go, Jenn! :) Sounds like you're doing a...Way to go, Jenn! :) Sounds like you're doing amazing things with them; I'd love to trade notes sometime on teaching strategies, if you have your lessons digitized somewhere.untilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-21436148503462643362012-03-18T19:31:53.420-04:002012-03-18T19:31:53.420-04:00This post reminds me of my kids. :) I teach in a N...This post reminds me of my kids. :) I teach in a NYC public school that has a predominantly hispanic population and Asian population. But being that I teach the slower track I have mainly Hispanics in my class. Looking at their history, most of them came from very rough math backgrounds scoring very low on the 8th grade assessment. Now having been with them for the second year, a lot of them have grown so much mathematically. They can factor and solve quadratics like a pro and they always kill those trig questions on exams. I still cant believe how far they've come. I'm really excited for June to get here. Granted the regents isnt too difficult for students to pass because it's ridiculously curved but I'm excited for many of them to score well and get the chance to get into the notoriously tough Trig course and succeed. Most kids in the slower track are usually not expected to make it that far but I'm banking on some of them getting further than anyone else would have expected. It's such an amazing feeling when you hear from the kids themselves or their parents that they've never been good in math and now their running 90's in the class. And believe me, I don't water down the material for them at all. I would never trade these experiences for anything in the world.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747179391548638519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-35108618569448903102012-03-18T06:53:47.053-04:002012-03-18T06:53:47.053-04:00Hi Sam,
Thanks and I miss you too!!! But, I prob...Hi Sam, <br /><br />Thanks and I miss you too!!! But, I probably can't come to St. Louis, because I am trying to plan a solo trip to Asia this summer. 4 weeks... Since last summer I spent the whole time doing PD stuff, I feel like I need a summer just all to myself. I'll read up all about St. Louis though!! <br /><br />xoxx,<br />Mimiuntilnextstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285583728476473117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6651514617266100245.post-79670141337684047862012-03-17T11:52:23.769-04:002012-03-17T11:52:23.769-04:00Wow, I can't wait to see you in person again (...Wow, I can't wait to see you in person again (when will this happen? St. Louis this summer?) so I can hear all about this year -- the nitty gritty details. It sounds beyond emotional but the payoff at the end, your ability to write this post, is so great. xoxo - miss you! <br />SamSameerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743884978903636387noreply@blogger.com