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- From: susan@csbvax.uucp (Susan Finkelman)
- Newsgroups: sci.edu,misc.education
- Subject: Re: Merit pay
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.161440.936@varian.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:14:40 GMT
- References: <C0wy3E.AAq@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <Jan15.222130.17719@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <00727506198@elgamy.jpunix.com>
- Sender: phil@varian.com (Phil Newton)
- Organization: Varian Chromatography Systems
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- In article <00727506198@elgamy.jpunix.com> elg@elgamy.jpunix.com (Eric Lee Green) writes:
- >The problem is: what does a teacher do when s/he is handed these kids, told
- >"Here, these kids are 4th graders, they learn 4th grade math" -- and the
- >kids can't reliably do subtract with borrow and are at a loss when it comes
- >to place value? What about the two kids in my class who can't even add and
- >subtract without counting on their fingers, putting sticks on their paper,
- >or some other counting method?
-
- And what does a parent do when she tries to get her child to give up
- the counting aids in the 2nd grade and again in the 3rd grade and is
- told by the teachers that the children will be using them in school until
- the fifth grade if the children would like to? We teach our kids at
- home and use the school for childcare as we both must work. Something
- is wrong here...
- Susan Finkelman
- susan@varian.com
-