tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post2558703197173891549..comments2023-04-06T02:30:06.988-07:00Comments on Torrent of Consciousness: When You Really Really Know SomethingMelanie Boxallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-17333947261115113532013-03-07T03:49:40.194-08:002013-03-07T03:49:40.194-08:00If.......children were given exposure to this lang...If.......children were given exposure to this language regularly, in a way that made it familiar, made them comfortable with it, maybe they'd grow up fluent.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-62807690274205807362013-03-07T02:35:32.008-08:002013-03-07T02:35:32.008-08:00I like that you fearlessly tread into the realm of...I like that you fearlessly tread into the realm of numbers to find that there are other possibilities. Many years ago, I attended a parent training at my eldest son's elementary school and was impressed with a man we could call a 'math expert' who either compiled or devised various methods of working with numbers. Astounded his audience, to be sure. Even with the eye-opening and exciting tips and pointers he shared, none of them stuck.<br /><br />I suppose the part where you mention the use of math as part of our regular, everyday experience is probably the most important. While many of us may use numbers at various times, we do not speak the "language" of math in quite the same way we do letter language(s). It is as though part of the brain does not want to deal with "all those" possibilities, too (or something like that).<br /><br />I've tried looking at math as another language, to learn that might open the door to possibilities. However, unless I am talking to a computer, I don't need to know binary code--in much the same way that unless I'm trying to talk to someone from China I don't need to know Mandarin or some other Asian language. It feels a shame to limit myself, but.... ;) ~ Blessings!Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-30575687238971012302013-03-05T01:54:30.030-08:002013-03-05T01:54:30.030-08:00Feelings are mixed on that, including mine. I thin...Feelings are mixed on that, including mine. I think it's another example of how much do we need to understand what's going on. We don't usually need to rub sticks together, but it's a good idea to know HOW. Maybe my soup analogy wasn't so bad. Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-19329107690663718912013-03-04T22:26:26.313-08:002013-03-04T22:26:26.313-08:00The method wherin we use a calculator...
We don&#...The method wherin we use a calculator...<br /><br />We don't force our children to rub two sticks together to get light indoors, or heat.<br />Why do we force them to figure out how to make numbers add up on paper, when we invented something to make it easier?Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-14131159770971619792013-03-03T10:47:44.041-08:002013-03-03T10:47:44.041-08:00Makes you wonder how many other methods there are,...Makes you wonder how many other methods there are, doesn't it?Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-26035539635347031722013-03-03T10:46:53.161-08:002013-03-03T10:46:53.161-08:00Love the method in the video. Never come across t...Love the method in the video. Never come across that before.Jillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13464199642113069252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-2783113355211029042013-03-03T10:30:21.825-08:002013-03-03T10:30:21.825-08:00I rest my case.I rest my case.Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-28171014765899897432013-03-03T10:29:09.249-08:002013-03-03T10:29:09.249-08:00I never understood math past the simple stuff. O...I never understood math past the simple stuff. Once they put letters in it I got lost. However I managed to make it through all the high school math including all the math in the sciences like chemistry and physics. Then I did it all again through college. Calculus lost me and I had to take it three times and the last time I wore v neck short cropped t- shirts and I made a "B" in the class. I gave up at that point. I have no clue what the use in the real world would be of the math I spent years trying to do. wantonbanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353930730534950929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-61965176122835233542013-03-03T08:56:03.934-08:002013-03-03T08:56:03.934-08:00Well, yes. Well, yes. Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-48933098852701889322013-03-03T08:51:07.588-08:002013-03-03T08:51:07.588-08:00Then he flunked math... "twice".Then he flunked math... "twice".Alexnoreply@blogger.com