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Christmas Memory #4

Posted on December 4, 2008 by auburnchick

One of my favorite memories is that of my sister and me eagerly awaiting the airing of Christmas shows.  Our favorites were Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.

To this day, they remain my favorites.  Rudolph was on TV last night, and it didn’t fail to live up to expectations.  I know the claymation is old, but there’s something very pure about it.  I think that, besides the animation, the music makes these movies timeless.

You can’t tell me that you don’t start singing along when you hear the following:

Or what about this one…

What are some of your favorite movies?

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Math Makes My Head Hurt

Posted on December 4, 2008 by auburnchick

This week I’ve been subbing in a math teacher’s class.  I know, I know.  AuburnChick doesn’t do math.

I’m only giving tests; however, the questions that the students have been asking me required me to actually work some problems.  Today, I gave Part B of a two-day test.  What a doozie!  I worked 1/2 of the test for myself in an attempt to understand how to better help the kids.

All we’re doing is adding and subtracting positive and negative integers.  No big deal.   Seriously.  However, some of these students are having a really hard time understanding the concept.  I’m a visual person, so I’ve been using the number line to demonstrate.  For some kids, this has been the trick.  For others, it hasn’t worked so well.

I guess math is one of those subjects that has to click in a person’s brain…no matter how simple it might seem to another person.

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