Jean in Newcastle Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KdxEAt91D7k&feature=endscreen This This is comedy but I relate to the math teacher sooooo much. How do you keep your cool when they just don't get it and you want to bash your own head in with a cast iron skillet? :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 what a laugh! It is so like math here sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I love the Bored Shorts videos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 :lol: I remember days like that with my dd7. Now she's doing place value in the millions and rocking it, so it's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 :lol: I remember days like that with my dd7. Now she's doing place value in the millions and rocking it, so it's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 :lol: I remember days like that with my dd7. Now she's doing place value in the millions and rocking it, so it's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Yes, only I'm the kid! Ds is reducing fractions and doing percents (6th grade) and he does them in his head and can't or won't write anything down, and I'm stuck writing furiously on the whiteboard while he stares at me much like the teacher in the video. That's ok, I'll fix his wagon in geometry, lol. Arithmetic? Well, not so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 This is comedy but I relate to the math teacher sooooo much. How do you keep your cool when they just don't get it and you want to bash your own head in with a cast iron skillet? :banghead: Well, sometimes you fail. Some of my college students remind me an awful lot of the student in the video. One-on-one definitely works better. And multiple approaches. And manipulatives. And breaks. And chocolate. And amaretto. And the occasional tantrum. Although I haven't threatened defenestration to my son in a year or so, so there's progress :) And then you try again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMWB Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 That is the FUNNIEST thing I have seen in a while - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Points to Dana for using "defenestration" in a sentence! For a long time that was my son's favorite word :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Yes, only I'm the kid! Ds is reducing fractions and doing percents (6th grade) and he does them in his head and can't or won't write anything down, and I'm stuck writing furiously on the whiteboard while he stares at me much like the teacher in the video. That's ok, I'll fix his wagon in geometry, lol. Arithmetic? Well, not so much... This is me only it's gotten worse as the math levels have gotten higher. Ds16 is in trig/preCalc now and he's totally passed me up. i've always learned alongside him but I officially give up because we looked like that video only ds was the teacher and I was the student! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 That was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 HAhahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 That was my day yesterday doing math with my 8 yr old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 This is me only it's gotten worse as the math levels have gotten higher. Ds16 is in trig/preCalc now and he's totally passed me up. i've always learned alongside him but I officially give up because we looked like that video only ds was the teacher and I was the student! I hear ya, Sister. My kid was showing me a problem he'd solved and it really felt like Blah Blah Blah Ginger. And I was so far out of my depth I started finding it weirdly hilarious. So every time the kid said "modulo," I found it funnier. By the end, I was randomly shouting MODULO!! during pauses in his explanation. Fortunately, he finds me amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morningxmorning Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Oh my gosh, this was me and my 6 yo this morning doing a time telling exercise. I almost started pulling my hair out. Also, the young man with the dark hair's skin was so smooth that I am seriously going to step away from the computer, go into my bathroom, and exfoliate right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Oh my gosh, this was me and my 6 yo this morning doing a time telling exercise. I almost started pulling my hair out. Well, you know what time-telling on an analog clock uses, right? Modulo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Oh, I'm SO glad to hear that you guys had this happen with your 7 and 8 year olds. My youngest is 7 right now and this IS our life. Especially the part where the child miscounts the fingers (counts only 4 fingers on one hand.) I've been soooo worried. But, maybe it'll get better, since the rest of you have BTDT with your 7 year olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Yes, mostly with my daughter, although she is better now that she is older and we have switched to Singapore. That is my son with phonics at times, his math usually goes well. Very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I thought that was hilarious. Dh didn't think it was very funny at all. I guess you just have to have some experience teaching to really see how funny it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Also, the young man with the dark hair's skin was so smooth that I am seriously going to step away from the computer, go into my bathroom, and exfoliate right now. I have the volume muted so I couldn't hear the conversation but I did enjoy looking at his face. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Searching among the new smilies for one that laughs so hard it cries. Thank you. I needed that today. One child had a bad day with math today, but not that bad thankfully! Humor and exageration helps adds perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I thought that was hilarious. Dh didn't think it was very funny at all. I guess you just have to have some experience teaching to really see how funny it was. Yes. Also, my father was a teacher and he never though Dilbert was funny. My brother and mom worked at Boeing and I worked in the Air Force and we all though Dilbert was hilarious. Teaching has its own issues, but they are different than your normal workplace issues. I'm sure my dad would think this video was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 :lol: Too funny. Had to share with dc and they were cracking up. Maybe because at one time they too felt that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I have the volume muted so I couldn't hear the conversation but I did enjoy looking at his face. :laugh: Oh, my gosh. You have to watch w/ sound! It's even funnier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Ohmygooness, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. I don't have the patience of that math teacher, though. I would have long since thrown the math book on the floor and run screaming to my room, where I'd hunt for chocolate, then come here to search for a new math program. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Oh, my gosh. You have to watch w/ sound! It's even funnier! Hahaha, you were right. I didn't know it was kid voices. Soooo funny. :smilielol5: :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Ohmygooness, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. I don't have the patience of that math teacher, though. I would have long since thrown the math book on the floor and run screaming to my room, where I'd hunt for chocolate, then come here to search for a new math program. ;) I can certainly relate to that. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Love it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Ohmygooness, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. I don't have the patience of that math teacher, though. I would have long since thrown the math book on the floor and run screaming to my room, where I'd hunt for chocolate, then come here to search for a new math program. ;) Precisely. And instead of looking clueless, my kids would have been crying and throwing a fit about how "stupid" they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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