Category Archives: Education

What Is X?

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Russ

More Than Words One of the biggest reasons I am a great observer of my students’ body language, facial expression, eye movement, and especially their tone of voice is from my own experience in math class. As you may well … Continue reading →

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What? My Kid… a Juvenile Delinquent?

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Russ

My Kid Ain’t Perfect In the 1950′s there was Charlie Brown, “Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?” In the 60′s we had Alvin… ALVIN… AAAALLLLVVVVIIIINNNN! And now, since 2003 we’ve got Ambrosia, an amalgamation of Alvin and Charlie.  In one … Continue reading →

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I Need to Go Back to School

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Russ

Are You Kidding Me? Ambrosia is in grade one.  Already, I’m very much concerned if I will be able to help her beyond this grade level.  For example, her math category is broken down into the following subgroups: Number Sense … Continue reading →

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