PhuturePriest Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Hasan' timestamp='1334015707' post='2415185'] I often find that the best solution in dealing with negative people is to just ignore them! [/quote] Shouldn't you add negative people and then do the same on the other side so you come up with the right equation? I know algebra ten minutes and I already make an algebra joke. I should change the name of this thread to I [s]Need[/s] Am A Nerd. Edited April 10, 2012 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hasan, we are in agreement. Thanks, Sr. Marie! Made my day! I have such respect for you and teachers... and I don't think I could do it. Don't laugh... I wanted to be a teacher long ago... but figured I'd never be able to teach math to a room full of kids! (like I said, God has a huge sense of humor!). Then I though maybe special ed and focusing on people with learning disabilities... and I not only had to work thru my own personal demons (I know what that little devil says from personal experience!) but also was blessed to take a great prep class for taking the CBEST (the California teacher exam that has a huge math piece to it...) that was designed for people with math-based LD. They literally started us with first grade math, and then had us work through stuff until we learned it all... and the focus was on if you find someone who is stuck, don't let them stay stuck. take them back to where they got stuck and solve the problem. So.... FuturePriest... you're actually doing college level work and you didn't know it. Chemistry. Oh no. Bribed my way out of that class by baking cookies for the professor.... Did my math class as geographical measurement (GEOMETRY based.... ) Did my sciences on Astronomy (but I learned to LOVE astronomy enough that I was willing to do the math to understand it... and it was a great practice for all those long division (6th grade math) that I was doing each day during my 1 hours a day study period... I just didn't tell the professor... One funny story -- when I was in the astronomy class, I had to use a math tutor. But I was doing all the long division for practice, right? welll... I was really baffled because I kept getting one problem wrong. I knew the answer (it was in the back of the book)... but I just couldn't figure out were the problem was. Brought it to my math tutor (who looked at me like I was crazy to be doing a giant long division problem without a calculator.... but he said he didn't know and didn't want to be bothered... take it to the professor. I figured what the hell, why not? So I did. He looked me, looked at my work, looked at me again and started laughing. I wondered what I had done that was so stupid. Then he told me I had the right answer. The answer in the back of the book was WRONG. He also said that in all the years he had been teaching with that book, NO ONE had ever asked him about this. he then said, 'you're the one with the math disability, right?' 'Yes' 'Wow, I wish more of my students could do what you just did.... they never seem to learn how to do the basic stuff any more.' So.... yup, I think there is a place for learning like this, even if it is a pain. I ended up training as a counselor, and I focus on helping people figure out what they are good at doing and how to integrate spirituality with work. I also teach formation classes in my secular order, and that means taking people who have NEVER used the stuff thru the Liturgy of the Hours and some pretty heavy theology books.... and some of them never went to college. We do it step by step over 7 years... and most of them have to learn to go back to basics, too. But we all do it together and we all get as much as we are suposed to get! Now if I could just learn to do a short post.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Solve for x. X^2+5x+6=0 You know algebra, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1334015110' post='2415177'] Don't worry, it wasn't too blunt. It helped, actually. I have not been completely open to all options. I have reason for not being open to the public school for personal reasons in which I will not get too far into, but basically, the teachers hate us because we home school, and if they find out I'm behind they will be drooling all over and will immediately call the authorities. [/quote] Do you have younger sibs? I really don't think they can "call the cops" on your parents for you not being up to grade level. However especially if you have other siblings coming up your parents need to get help creating an effective curriculum. You need to pass the GED not just to get into seminary but to be able to participate in the American economy, so it's important that your parents get this figured out for all their kids. If they can't teach the subjects themselves they need to look at other alternatives like a homeschooling co-op, private tutoring or using institutional schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1334016639' post='2415187'] Hasan, we are in agreement. Thanks, Sr. Marie! Made my day! I have such respect for you and teachers... and I don't think I could do it. Don't laugh... I wanted to be a teacher long ago... but figured I'd never be able to teach math to a room full of kids! (like I said, God has a huge sense of humor!). Then I though maybe special ed and focusing on people with learning disabilities... and I not only had to work thru my own personal demons (I know what that little devil says from personal experience!) but also was blessed to take a great prep class for taking the CBEST (the California teacher exam that has a huge math piece to it...) that was designed for people with math-based LD. They literally started us with first grade math, and then had us work through stuff until we learned it all... and the focus was on if you find someone who is stuck, don't let them stay stuck. take them back to where they got stuck and solve the problem. So.... FuturePriest... you're actually doing college level work and you didn't know it. Chemistry. Oh no. Bribed my way out of that class by baking cookies for the professor.... Did my math class as geographical measurement (GEOMETRY based.... ) Did my sciences on Astronomy (but I learned to LOVE astronomy enough that I was willing to do the math to understand it... and it was a great practice for all those long division (6th grade math) that I was doing each day during my 1 hours a day study period... I just didn't tell the professor... One funny story -- when I was in the astronomy class, I had to use a math tutor. But I was doing all the long division for practice, right? welll... I was really baffled because I kept getting one problem wrong. I knew the answer (it was in the back of the book)... but I just couldn't figure out were the problem was. Brought it to my math tutor (who looked at me like I was crazy to be doing a giant long division problem without a calculator.... but he said he didn't know and didn't want to be bothered... take it to the professor. I figured what the hell, why not? So I did. He looked me, looked at my work, looked at me again and started laughing. I wondered what I had done that was so stupid. Then he told me I had the right answer. The answer in the back of the book was WRONG. He also said that in all the years he had been teaching with that book, NO ONE had ever asked him about this. he then said, 'you're the one with the math disability, right?' 'Yes' 'Wow, I wish more of my students could do what you just did.... they never seem to learn how to do the basic stuff any more.' So.... yup, I think there is a place for learning like this, even if it is a pain. I ended up training as a counselor, and I focus on helping people figure out what they are good at doing and how to integrate spirituality with work. I also teach formation classes in my secular order, and that means taking people who have NEVER used the stuff thru the Liturgy of the Hours and some pretty heavy theology books.... and some of them never went to college. We do it step by step over 7 years... and most of them have to learn to go back to basics, too. But we all do it together and we all get as much as we are suposed to get! Now if I could just learn to do a short post.... [/quote] Oh wow. I suppose you are smarter than you had believed yourself to be. This actually gives me hope because in my opinion at times I am a complete idiot and it is a wonder I can turn a doorknob. Hopefully I can wow professors in Seminary, and by that I mean wow them in a positive way rather than the "I can't believe he can turn a doorknob" way. But really, thank you for all of your help and for being so willing to help me. I know this will not be the last time algebra will make my head hurt, but if Roman generals drank wine after winning battles before officially winning the war, so can I. Minus the wine, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Maggie' timestamp='1334017575' post='2415193'] Do you have younger sibs? I really don't think they can "call the cops" on your parents for you not being up to grade level. However especially if you have other siblings coming up your parents need to get help creating an effective curriculum. You need to pass the GED not just to get into seminary but to be able to participate in the American economy, so it's important that your parents get this figured out for all their kids. If they can't teach the subjects themselves they need to look at other alternatives like a homeschooling co-op, private tutoring or using institutional schools. [/quote] I am the youngest of three, actually. My sister is getting ready to graduate from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. She did so well that she is graduating in just three years instead of four. When she did her comprehensive examinations (Also known as senior "comps") she passed all of them. The professors said usually students fail at least one of the tests, but she did not. I think she has a 3.3 GPA. The point is, it's not really the curriculum, it's me. I absolutely refused to do any school, figuring I would never need it. When I was but a young fourteen I realized "Hey, maybe I could be a Priest?" And then with that, the realization of needing a GED for that hit me like a cinder-block. I started doing school ever since then, and considering I didn't even know subtraction at the time (I knew 4 -3 = 1, but I couldn't do more complicated ones like 2,743 - 1,522 = 1,221) I am catching up quite well. I just got to algebra after less than a year and it's seemingly difficult qualities set me into a panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Maybe you are a nerd in training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1334017541' post='2415192'] Solve for x. X^2+5x+6=0 You know algebra, huh? [/quote] x = -3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1334022320' post='2415211'] And? [/quote]I took algebra in 1989 (I think). That's all I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister Marie Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Adrestia' timestamp='1334022568' post='2415213'] I took algebra in 1989 (I think). That's all I got. [/quote] I was born in 87 and I got nothing... congrats! I probably could if I revisited algebra... but I don't teach math either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 and -2. but I cheated. we didn't have online quadratic equation solvers back when I went through high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 after looking at the online answer, more of those concepts are coming back to me. seeing the graph helps a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Adrestia' timestamp='1334022568' post='2415213'] I took algebra in 1989 (I think). That's all I got. [/quote] I was 2 when you took algebra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister Marie Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1334023139' post='2415219'] I was 2 when you took algebra. [/quote] We are the same age then MissScripture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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