So, today is a busy day. Lots to do at work (shouldn't really be on here), and tonight, the second tutoring session for DD14 this week for math. Here's the kicker - DD14 has always gotten As in math, but she says the teacher this year doesn't teach, he just talks as if what he is saying is common knowledge and everyone should know it. Then, he tells them they have to solve a problem a certain way none of them understand. So, I realize many kids say it's the teacher's fault when they have trouble learning, so I got her a tutor. He's a certified teacher that runs a business helping homeschool parents and kids and tutoring on the side. He spent an hour with her, helped her with quadratic equations, and then tried to figure out what the heck her math teacher was doing. He told me he had never seen such a method- it's not part of any standard curriculum, and he could not figure it out. He was going to take her homework home and attempt to figure out what the guy was doing so he could teach her tonight. He's was really nice and is not charging for tonight, and offered my money back for Tuesday. But, we both discussed that the math teacher used to teach in Korea and this might just be a foreign way to do stuff. I always thought math was math.
I guess when DD says her whole class is failing because they don't understand what the teacher is doing, I need to listen. Luckily, she was ahead of the class when she started at this school, and that got her through the first several months. The tutor will get us through the rest. Good grief.
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LawyerLady
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They teach math differently today than when I took it. DH is in charge of helping the boys with their Math. I can do it, but I teach it differently. It's more about relationships between numbers and how they relate to other things. I'm more of a problem solver.
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Tutor figured it out, thankfully and DD14 feels good and ready for the test tomorrow. Her teacher gave her some stuff to go over with the tutor but she said he seemed a little offended that she needed one. Dude, learn to teach.
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That's frustrating LL. Glad it has worked out with the tutor.
DH and I have been talking about fostering children. We're going to meet with the guy next week sometime. I'm very excited, but very much need to get my house a little cleaner before he comes over!
And we haven't told SS yet but I want him to be there when we meet the coordinator so I guess this weekend we'll broach the subject.
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