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] > >> > > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------ > >> ------ > >> >Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > >1.8d > >> >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following > >text in > >> >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > >> >To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: > >SET > >> Technet NOMAIL > >> >Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & > >Databases > > >> E-mail Archives > >> >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > >> additional > >> >information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > >847-509-9700 > >> ext.5315 > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------ > >> ------ > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------- > >> Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > >1.8d > >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following > >text in > >> the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > >> To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: > >SET Technet NOMAIL > >> Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & > >Databases > E-mail Archives > >> Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > >additional > >> information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > >847-509-9700 ext.5315 > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------- > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > >Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > >To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET > Technet NOMAIL > >Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > >information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet > NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------