Kelly..
Maybe we need MORE preaching!!! We definitely
need MORE parenting and LESS worrying about
political correctness. Enough.. Have a great
weekend.
Regards,
Bob
> Mike & All -
>
> Happy New Years - You too Aussie-lek, if you're awake,
>
> My personal feelings are that too many parents, of these folks, have spent
> too little time getting in behind the kids at a time when it counted and
> leaving the problem to those of us out here!!! Our social systems, at least
> here in the U.S., these days, seem to tolerate even less than mediocrity.
> Thankfully, I went thru the schools, in years gone by, when a kid who was
> inattentive or had an "attitude" problem had a whole lot more to be
> concerned once he got home. The last thing I ever wanted my was for my
> folks to learn about was that I over stepped my bounds or goofed off in
> class.
>
> I never doubted that Mom, Dad or anyone else in my family loved me. I
> simply understood that I had an obligation to them and my future, and no
> quarter was allowed. As a family, we just didn't have any room for failure,
> nor did may others, back in the early '40's. Having spent some time in the
> military in various projects reinforces my overall feelings in this matter.
>
> Fractions and decimals are a normal part of life if a person just pays a bit
> of attention to their surroundings and does a minimal amount of brain
> work!!!
>
> Pardon me for preaching.
>
> Y'all have a good day, a wonderful week, and try to stay warm -
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Fenner <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TN]
>
>
> >As an aside I mentioned this to my (primary school) teacher friend.
> >For what it's worth I pass on her remarks:
> >What they do is to use clementines (small easy peel oranges). These
> >neatly segment into halves quarters and so on, apparently the
> >difficulty is getting the "numberness" of fractions over and this is a
> >good way of illustrating it visually. You can see a quarter [1/4] and
> >three quarters [3/4] etc.. Apparently once this concept has been
> >grasped fractions are then easy. A further benefit for her pupils
> >anyway is that you can then eat your work.....
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kelly M. Schriver" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:32 PM
> >Subject: Re: [TN]
> >
> >
> >> Hi Phil -
> >>
> >> I had to teach the fraction and decimal reading many years ago and
> >took the
> >> following approach, which seemed to work. I prepared Vu-Graph
> >slides, to
> >> scale, of both types of rulers (decimal & fraction), adding actual
> >markings
> >> to them to help the students grasp the concepts, then had them work
> >along
> >> using identical rulers at their training work stations. The final
> >exercises
> >> consisted of a test of taking measurements of small wood blocks,
> >then we
> >> graduated to the use of calipers, micrometers and feeler gages..
> >>
> >> For a few students, I had to use graphic illustrations of squares,
> >> subdivided by both decimal and fractional elements.
> >>
> >> IMHO (in my humble opinion), it worked, but I always wondered where
> >these
> >> folks were during third and fourth grade math classes which were
> >paid by our
> >> tax dollars.
> >>
> >> Regards - Kelly
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Phil Nutting <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:56 AM
> >> Subject: [TN]
> >>
> >>
> >> >Happy New Year All,
> >> >
> >> >In our in-house training program we include not only soldering, but
> >through
> >> >hole assembly techniques, print reading, component identification
> >and
> >> >reading a scale or ruler. One problem we have encountered is there
> >are some
> >> >assemblers that have no understanding of fractions. I'm looking
> >for a good
> >> >method of teaching fractions and what all those little lines on a
> >ruler
> >> >mean.
> >> >
> >> >Any comments?
> >> >
> >> >Feel free to contact me online or offline.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> >ps, I give up. What is IMHO? I know ROFL, LMAO and LOL, but IMHO?
> >> >
> >> >Phil Nutting
> >> >Manufacturing Engineer
> >> >Kaiser Systems, Inc.
> >> >High Voltage Power Supplies That Work(tm)
> >> >126 Sohier Road
> >> >Beverly, MA 01915
> >> >ph: 978-922-9300
> >> >fx: 978-922-8374
> >> >[log in to unmask]
> >> >
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