Be-Mused -- Karen Templeton Comments http://karentempleton.blogsome.com As good a place as any to corral some of those scattered thoughts. . . Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Rummel http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/10/18/stuff-and-nonsense/#comment-105 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:19:20 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/10/18/stuff-and-nonsense/#comment-105 <strong>LOOK AT THIS LINK</strong> Stuff and nonsense LOOK AT THIS LINK

Stuff and nonsense

]]> by: Christa Runge http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-104 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:09:57 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-104 See now I take the cop out and buy mostly gift certificates. This way I know they will get what they want and I don't have to worry about getting them something they already have. See now I take the cop out and buy mostly gift certificates. This way I know they will get what they want and I don’t have to worry about getting them something they already have.

]]> by: Karen Templeton http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-103 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:12:48 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-103 Actually, he asked for clothes this year. Not instead of toys, mind you, but still. ;-) Actually, he asked for clothes this year. Not instead of toys, mind you, but still. ;-)

]]> by: Gareth http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-102 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:03:14 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-102 Or for parents who couldn't afford those kind of presents because they had too many children, but now they only have one kid left who appreciates toys more than cloths : ) Or for parents who couldn’t afford those kind of presents because they had too many children, but now they only have one kid left who appreciates toys more than cloths : )

]]> by: Karen Templeton http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-101 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:26:43 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-101 Truly. Although I think I've figured out who their market is: Guilty parents who aren't "there" for their kids physically as much as they'd like to be, so they make up for it by buying all this expensive crap; or grandparents who would have never, ever paid that much for a Christmas present when their own kids were little. :) Truly. Although I think I’ve figured out who their market is: Guilty parents who aren’t “there” for their kids physically as much as they’d like to be, so they make up for it by buying all this expensive crap; or grandparents who would have never, ever paid that much for a Christmas present when their own kids were little. :)

]]> by: Karen Templeton http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/08/of-math-and-maps-and-stems-and-leaves/#comment-100 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:24:10 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/08/of-math-and-maps-and-stems-and-leaves/#comment-100 See, that's what I don't get -- if it takes the kids four weeks to "get" the concept, wouldn't that tell somebody that they're not ready for that concept yet? I recently read that most kids' brains aren't ready for algebra before 14 or 15, and yet they're started to teach it younger and younger. An otherwise very bright kid, I remember being totally stymied by Algebra I at 13, which meant I had no foundation for Algebra II at 15, two years later. Hated, hated, hated it. I also don't understand the bouncing around, especially in math. There seems to be so little building on what they've already learned, moving up step by step. Instead each chapter seems to have nothing to do with the previous chapter, which means by the time they get back to what they had been working on, they've forgotten it. And this business about making things so convoluted in some lame attempt to make it "clearer" just slays me. I just cringe whenever the poor kid says he has math homework, and he needs help. How I'm going to deal with middle school math, I do not know. :( See, that’s what I don’t get — if it takes the kids four weeks to “get” the concept, wouldn’t that tell somebody that they’re not ready for that concept yet? I recently read that most kids’ brains aren’t ready for algebra before 14 or 15, and yet they’re started to teach it younger and younger. An otherwise very bright kid, I remember being totally stymied by Algebra I at 13, which meant I had no foundation for Algebra II at 15, two years later. Hated, hated, hated it.

I also don’t understand the bouncing around, especially in math. There seems to be so little building on what they’ve already learned, moving up step by step. Instead each chapter seems to have nothing to do with the previous chapter, which means by the time they get back to what they had been working on, they’ve forgotten it.

And this business about making things so convoluted in some lame attempt to make it “clearer” just slays me.

I just cringe whenever the poor kid says he has math homework, and he needs help. How I’m going to deal with middle school math, I do not know. :(

]]> by: Mary http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/08/of-math-and-maps-and-stems-and-leaves/#comment-99 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:14:58 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/08/of-math-and-maps-and-stems-and-leaves/#comment-99 Karen, I taught fifth grade math last year and had never heard of stems and leaves. Ridiculous thing. I hadn't taught fifth grade in 16 years, and the math had gotten a LOT more advanced. I don't understand. I don't think it's developmentally appropriate, but no one asks me. Karen, I taught fifth grade math last year and had never heard of stems and leaves. Ridiculous thing.

I hadn’t taught fifth grade in 16 years, and the math had gotten a LOT more advanced. I don’t understand. I don’t think it’s developmentally appropriate, but no one asks me.

]]> by: Christa Runge http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-98 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:01:55 +0000 http://karentempleton.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/i-guess-its-still-morning/#comment-98 To me $200 is a big luxury. All those commercials for toys are always on during kids shows and in time for christmas. Why do marketers have to be so good at their job? To me $200 is a big luxury. All those commercials for toys are always on during kids shows and in time for christmas. Why do marketers have to be so good at their job?

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