tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post853600742181487756..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: A Mature Way To Ask For HelpDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-87742258198222544022007-09-01T22:36:00.000-07:002007-09-01T22:36:00.000-07:00I agree. However, "times tables" has a non-anxiet...I agree. However, "times tables" has a non-anxiety inducing image :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-4529034414070603742007-09-01T13:51:00.000-07:002007-09-01T13:51:00.000-07:00Bravo. Unfortunately there are teachers who DO enj...Bravo. Unfortunately there are teachers who DO enjoy making impossible, trick questions part of their test. My daughter just finished a statistics class taught by a guy who is getting his doctorate in the subject. His way of teaching was to present problems that were so difficult that only the math majors understood his concepts. That's great if you are only teaching math majors, but in a class where the entire student population will be cross-sectioned, you have to make some attempt to communicate the intermediate steps of problem solving that may be second nature to a math major, but not to other people. It was so bad that when she asked a friend of her's who is working on his masters in accounting at another university, he couldn't figure out the point of the lectures or the notes and homework. I applaud a student willing to change. Now if we can just get some of the more resistant teachers to meet them halfway, we can make progress.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.com