In fact, I specifically tried to stay as far away from that stuff as possible since it raised the dreaded specter of me having to do actual math that didn’t involve trying to figure out how many cans were in a case. (24, just in case you were, you know, wondering.) And, yet, here I find myself trying to re-learn and actually teach all different kinds of math to my little dudes.
Last year, I had to relearn algebra to help my middle dude not drown in the vile stuff. As soon as I cracked open the book, it all rushed back. Not the knowledge (that got flushed as I left the classroom after my last final exam), but the all-consuming, viceral, heat of a thousand exploding suns hatred of the stuff. (Can you tell I didn’t enjoy math?) Anyway, I managed to keep that hatred in check for the year (an excellent exercise in self control), but the hardest thing I had going on was trying to find a good extra worksheet I could inflict on my poor little dude. Lord knows I didn’t want to make them up myself. That was just asking me to stab myself in the eye with a spoon.
His book was actually on-line, so that was some help. But I needed something more. And now, after he’s already out of algebra and doing well in geometry, I finally found that place. It’s a website run by Discovery Channel, called Discovery Education. It actually generates great worksheets for your, or you can even use worksheets generated by teachers. Why did no one tell me about this place when I could actually use it? Probably just another part of the math conspiracy, designed to make me look foolish.
What do you mean, paranoid?
In all seriousness, this is a great site if you’ve got a young dude or dudette who needs a little extra help in anything from math and science to art and languages.
I’m thinking I might just print off a couple of worksheets to have around the house so I can whip them out as punishment the next time one of my little dudes gets a little lippy. Yep, time to spread around the hate.
– Richard
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