Complete and utter chaos. That is what described our math classroom today. On Tuesday we are going to have a test, and we were doing review. This is not a very straight-forward chapter, and we all were pretty frantic about the test. I knew it was going to be crazier than usual, but I didn’t know how crazy until I walked into the classroom.
When I walked in people were complaining about how annoying the homework was, or about how confused they were about a proof, and also about how Katie was going to play us the voice of an evil computer and did not. When the review session started, everybody started talking over each other, and the room got really loud, really fast. It sounded like a cacophony of people talking, with words such as congruent and isosceles sometimes sticking out. This chaos lasted for the rest of class, until we left the room.
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Hey jack,
ReplyDeleteI like your post. I hope you do well on your math considering that you think that the chapter that the test is on is confusing! I wish you luck!
-James
PS how do you make the title move across the top of the screen?
Jack,
ReplyDeleteI liked how accurately you explained the chaos of math class.
-SGC
Beautiful description, Jack. Sometimes the 'cacophony' is in the brain, too!
ReplyDeleteI thought that you described the chaos really well! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThat's cool. It describes math class everyday. I like the picture
ReplyDeleteSounds Funny. I also like the picture. I thought it was a great description, and really captured the silliness of your math class.
ReplyDeleteNice Slice of Life, Jack! (I'm George—an alumnus from Linda's class of 2009; not just a *totally* random internet stranger. I was visiting on the day you were all creating your blogs in the tech lab. :) I remember moments just like the one you're describing, and I'm curious whether you think all this chaos and confusion is a necessary part of learning (and teaching) math, or whether there's another way to do it that would be easier on you all but still result in the same learning. I'm not sure myself, and I'd love to hear what you think. (Of course, you may not know—or have time to respond, with EXPO coming up and whatnot—and that is fine too; just consider this food for thought!)
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