tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post5275313077325695654..comments2024-03-25T17:48:53.875-04:00Comments on Heissatopia: In which I rant about mathematicsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-70273378091234334192013-04-13T20:24:32.678-04:002013-04-13T20:24:32.678-04:00So, I did not realize the computer was signed in a...So, I did not realize the computer was signed in as Josie...and when you read what I wrote, Nancy, you can see that it would so not go with Josie's name!! :o)<br /><br />JosieApril 13, 2013 at 8:22 PM<br /><br />Ladies, just look for a master's program that doesn't require the GRE if you have high enough grades. I know they still exist. It worked for me! I have not had any math since Grade Ten, because when I was an undergrad, a foreign language completely replaced math. So, no brainer for me, I did French. Only had to take one class because of High School French. So...here I am with two master's and a PhD all but done (only the formalities left) with no math skills at all. Because, hello, I don't need algebra or trigonometry to be a librarian or to teach world music, now do I? No, I do not.Myrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450610418971329885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-74831806599008321652013-04-13T20:22:35.403-04:002013-04-13T20:22:35.403-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Josie Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10468298546041394423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-17550677066229088022013-04-13T17:04:55.130-04:002013-04-13T17:04:55.130-04:00PS, does a family of five still count as a small f...PS, does a family of five still count as a small family :)Cryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093625438383031052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-74398460306523086892013-04-13T17:04:08.932-04:002013-04-13T17:04:08.932-04:00Captain E's class did timed drills for multipl...Captain E's class did timed drills for multiplication and they got ice cream toppings for each one they mastered. He got one topping. What can you do, he just does not respond well to timed test. Even though the test is over I still drill him in the car every once in awhile. "E what is 6x7" because the thing is I use multiplication every freaking day....so hopefully he won't have to think about them so hard someday :) Spelling was my downfall. I was reading The Great Gatsby while everyone else was reading babysitters club, but I just couldn't spell at all. Still can't. I guess we can't learn everything in school.....and yes Statistics is Math, math that sort of makes sense...but in the same way that Physics math is like word problems...so maybe it doesn't make all that much sense :). My problem with going back to school at this point is I'd have to retake the GRE...I think they have a seven year limit on that thing and to be honest if I wanted to do anything with science probably all of my prerequisites again. Seriously stinks!Cryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093625438383031052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-50933129597147694132013-04-13T16:14:29.263-04:002013-04-13T16:14:29.263-04:00By the way, how did your Andrew become such an exp...By the way, how did your Andrew become such an expert on the Middle East? Why did it interest him so much? Do you have a post about that? And what does he/you hope to do when he grows up (er, finishes his doctorate)? Just curious especially since you've lived in such cool places (before now, I mean.) :) Sidenote: I have missionary friends in Ghana so that interests me about you all. I just need to read your blog from then one of these days....Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-37373641218728130212013-04-13T16:12:08.479-04:002013-04-13T16:12:08.479-04:00I enjoyed this post so much. It was a good way to ...I enjoyed this post so much. It was a good way to learn more about you. I have a brother named David, too. :)Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-77313414264106436922013-04-13T10:46:36.894-04:002013-04-13T10:46:36.894-04:00About the math drill/competition: I wonder if you ...About the math drill/competition: I wonder if you would have had the same reaction if the subject had been spelling instead of math. Because remember that story about my mom: the teacher said if everyone got 100% on their spelling test, they would get to have a party. And so my mom, who ALWAYS got 100% on her spelling tests, was so nervous that she made a mistake for the first time that year, while everyone else in class got 100%, and she cost the entire class their party. I am sure this outcome was entirely NOT what the teacher expected. (She set the incentive up for the kids who never studied; not for my mom, who was an A student and just always did well. She did not realize that the incentivizing she used would not accord well with mom's personality.)<br /><br />I am thinking that certain members of our family just don't do well when there is this kind of pressure for a reward. At Josie's work, they can earn bonuses for various things, and instead of incentivizing Josie, it discourages her. Shades of school incentivizing that also worked against her.Myrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450610418971329885noreply@blogger.com