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kayrharris · #1 Post by **kayrharris** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:18 pm

is on TCM ....I love that movie.

Great entertainment while I finish wrapping gifts.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:45 pm

I was going to Tivo it for Maddie to watch during her break, and I forgot.

kayrharris · #3 Post by **kayrharris** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:06 pm

I checked the schedule thinking it might replay this week, but they aren't showing it again until Feb 3, 2008.

Netflix prolly has it though.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #4 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:19 pm

kayrharris wrote:I checked the schedule thinking it might replay this week, but they aren't showing it again until Feb 3, 2008.

Netflix prolly has it though.

GMTA, I checked the schedule as well.

I did however, find a movie that Jerome Vered recommend for Maddie at the GSC, Theodora Goes Wild.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #5 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:24 pm

Assuming that she is watching TV by then...

She spent the weekend studying math.

(If anyone has a kid that needs help with high school math, I highly recommend Nutshell Math. It's an online service, you plug in your math book and teachers explain each lesson. Maddie likes it because it's colorful and to the point. We learned about it during 7th grade when she had Algebra I and I have kept it so that she could go use it for help, because she hates asking me or Jeff for help.)

kayrharris · #6 Post by **kayrharris** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:29 pm

You plug in your math book? I don't think our math books were designed to plug in.

I would have liked something like that and I think I will look into it for my daughter's girls.

kayrharris · #7 Post by **kayrharris** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:31 pm

OK, nevermind. I checked it out. I take things too literally.

It looks like a great learning tool. I can't wait to share it.

peacock2121 · #8 Post by **peacock2121** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:15 am

kayrharris wrote:OK, nevermind. I checked it out. I take things too literally.

It looks like a great learning tool. I can't wait to share it.

I took it the same way.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #9 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:09 am

peacock2121 wrote:
kayrharris wrote:OK, nevermind. I checked it out. I take things too literally.

It looks like a great learning tool. I can't wait to share it.
I took it the same way.

Sorry.

peacock2121 · #10 Post by **peacock2121** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:59 am

Nothing to be sorry about on my account. I am the one who assumed.

kayrharris · #11 Post by **kayrharris** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:23 am

What Peacock said....it was me....not you Julie. I am a very literal person.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #12 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:31 am

Well, the good news this morning is that my lovely daughter got her ass out of bed on time and managed to get herself downstairs by 6:35 without me having to raise my voice once. She had all of her homework packed, had eaten breakfast (I didn't have to give her cheese in the car) and had her gift ready for her Secret Santa recipient.

She was a little surly when I kissed her good-bye, but no more than usual.

Spending time in her room this weekend helped, I think. She also caught up on sleep, because I took all of the fiction out of her room, so she had nothing to do but study math and clean up her room. She chose the former rather than the latter.

cindy.wellman · #13 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:22 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Assuming that she is watching TV by then... She spent the weekend studying math.

(If anyone has a kid that needs help with high school math, I highly recommend Nutshell Math. It's an online service, you plug in your math book and teachers explain each lesson. Maddie likes it because it's colorful and to the point. We learned about it during 7th grade when she had Algebra I and I have kept it so that she could go use it for help, because she hates asking me or Jeff for help.)

At the DoDDS school, I loved the math books because in addition to the book, we received a disc. Much like the college discs, it gave you the lessons, plus had links to online help and extra problems if needed.

At the Rigby school(s), there isn't enough money for stuff like this. The property taxes are so, so low here. (insanely low) It shows in the stuff, or lack of stuff, to which the kids have access. From barely any extracurricular activities, to low-end text books, to no advanced classes (gifted?) until you get to the high school level. Then at the high school level the gifted classes are in the form of A/P classes. They do have money for special education at all the schools, and I am grateful for that. I'm one of those rare people who would rather pay higher taxes for schools, even after my child leaves the house.

Thank you for the link to that site PSM. I clicked on one of the samples for her age group and listened to it, plus I see Sam's textbook on the list. I'll show her tonight to see what she thinks.

*Note- I got a bit creeped out this year when she first brought home her math textbook because I swear it has the SAME font for the title MATH, as well as the same color of book, as one of the math books I had around her age. LOL I was having flashbacks. LOL!

Bob Juch · #14 Post by **Bob Juch** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:29 am

cindy.wellman wrote:At the Rigby school(s)...

Ah, I didnt know you were in Rigby. That's where - with the help of a lot of tequila - Butch otter convinced me to ride a bull - twice.

silvercamaro · #15 Post by **silvercamaro** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:33 am

Given the growth of that area, I envision future books that will refer to "the Rigby-Driggs Metroplex."

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #16 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:35 am

You are welcome for the link. I have recommended Nutshell all of the time, I love the way that the site works. Given the cost of math tutors, I think that the monthly fee is really reasonable.

Math was always insanely easy for Maddie in elementary school, but when she got into Algebra in 7th grade, I think that some of the concepts were too abstract for her to grasp easily and she didn't exactly have the best teacher. (Maddie did however learn about the various female hormone replacement drugs that year, because the teacher spent a lot of time talking on the phone during class. Her teacher was a really nice lady, I just think that she was going through something that year.)

Jeff helped Maddie with her Algebra, but they just didn't think about the subject the same way, so she would get upset and start crying when she felt like he was being judgemental.

I found Nutshell, because I was looking for study guides for Maddie's math book, because I was going to try helping her instead. I typed in the title of the book and the Nutshell site popped up.

Maddie barely used the site last year for Geometry (like me she prefers Geometry to Algebra), but I have kept the monthly membership so it's available if she needs it. It's a way for her to help herself if she needs it. After going through Chapter 6 of her math book this weekend, she said that she appreciates the fact that the lessons stay on topic. She said that her teacher knows so much about math that he will sometimes go off on a tangent and teach them things that are beyond what they need and she says that it sometimes confuses her.

cindy.wellman · #17 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:38 am

Bob Juch wrote:
cindy.wellman wrote:At the Rigby school(s)...
Ah, I didnt know you were in Rigby. That's where - with the help of a lot of tequila - Butch otter convinced me to ride a bull - twice.

In Rigby?? Goodness, I miss all the fun! Now, the fun is when we read that Mrs. So-and-So shoveled her driveway because her son and new daughter-in-law came up to visit from Pocatello this past weekend. (not kidding)

cindy.wellman · #18 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:43 am

silvercamaro wrote:Given the growth of that area, I envision future books that will refer to "the Rigby-Driggs Metroplex."

Now I just need to find a business to start so that I can cash in on all this growth!