tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31816429.post1192865071157262076..comments2023-10-24T02:53:43.413-05:00Comments on Higher Ground: OMG!Joannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01380535457821185367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31816429.post-3056772070832310292009-01-13T20:50:00.000-05:002009-01-13T20:50:00.000-05:00If you need to capture their attention tell them t...If you need to capture their attention tell them that the Jamestown folks were so desperate and hungry (and psychotic?) that at least one fellow killed and ate his pregnant wife! There's the side of the pilgrims we never hear about! I read about it in "A voyage long and strange."Jenny Ward McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443281413875422226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31816429.post-80092593666454574222009-01-13T06:56:00.000-05:002009-01-13T06:56:00.000-05:00I wish it were true that reading was a required sk...I wish it were true that reading was a required skill set by high school, but that is very, very common in special education. Most of my students can't read beyond the second grade level, despite interventions in earlier grades. By HS there are no special interventions in our county. They are probably dyslexic, or have some difficulties translating from vision to brain and interpreting, but by HS there's no help, except for saps like me that will read to them while they "follow along." Sure, yeah. <BR/><BR/>Algebra is just a language I don't understand well. It's been a life-long struggle, but I am learning a little more every year. Maybe by the time I croak I'll actually understand the language of "Math" to some degree.Joannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380535457821185367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31816429.post-48642247002427588052009-01-12T22:35:00.000-05:002009-01-12T22:35:00.000-05:00I always like algebra. Wanna trade?I always like algebra. Wanna trade?watercolordaisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918878832628412824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31816429.post-9012792212958476392009-01-12T22:21:00.000-05:002009-01-12T22:21:00.000-05:00Tell me they can't read because of some congenital...Tell me they can't read because of some congenital disability. Surely you can't make it all the way to high school without being about to read...right? And Algebra?! Yikes!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com