i typed up this long-enough blog yesterday. wrote stuff that was meaningful to me. hit what i thought was the "publish" button only to see my page go blank. double checked which button i had pushed and found that i had pushed "cancel". Dude. are you freakin kidding me? I think that the phone app should have a "are you sure you want to cancel the big ole blog you just wrote?" and then i could hit the "HECK NO!!!!" button. I tell myself that it deleted because perhaps i had divulged too much. it didnt feel like i had but it could be that some higher power was like, "hey! whoa! lets not go there today!" seriously. didn't say much that shouldnt be said but if the higher power felt i needed to hit cancel, then so be it. i am on an actual computer today and i just hit "save". at least my first paragraph will show up this time. gah.
Alg2 - yesterday we did systems of equations with 3 variables and 3 systems. they handled it better than i thought they would so that was cool. we did get stuck on two problems but the good news is that today we got through those problems after a few unsuccessful attempts. lesson for today? sometimes it takes playing with the functions to learn what will work. if it doesn't work the first time, back up and try something else. if only that translated to real world for some of them. today we didnt do anything much since two of my girls had an important prior engagement. tomorrow we will do the matrix. i think they'll like that. better than messing with the big stuff we did today.
Alg1 - learning how to get and equation from different slopes and points. they're acting like they know whats going on. well, one or two of them are doing all right. i know someone is clueless though. just gotta figure out who. had a quick talk to one of them about what he wanted to do with our class (going to do better or not?) and so far, it seems like he wants to do better. i hope he can see that through. in the meantime, tutoring on wednesday for him.
MMA - dude. we were supposed to work on slope and all that in there as well. got some notes taken but they weren't interested in working. i wrote stuff on the board anyway and went through some problems. i figure maybe i'll just talk and explain like i do and then that way at least i can say i did what i said i would for teaching and they just weren't paying attention. its not what i'd like but apparently thats how its gonna be for now. lame. starting to not like that class too much.
GEO- these guys aren't much better. we worked on some proofs and stuff. they finally started to focus towards the, especially when i assigned them homework. i wont see them for two days because of tournaments so thats just awesome. i try to be happy about them being gone but it kinda messes up the fact that i'm supposed to teach them.
YB - got some football pics and stuff to load up. gotta work on layouts and things. i ought to get moving on that seeing as i might end up doing it myself again. can't say why just yet, especially since i think thats part of the reason my post yesterday went "poof!!!" talking too much about whats going on with the students. i didnt go into details but they have some big stuff to face. should be interesting to see how that goes.
all right. i'm sure theres other stuff to do (grading, bleech) so i guess i better work on that. gotta order some Christmas cards and things. is it Christmas yet???? laters.
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