I agree. It's more, for me, as a title of respect for my teachers and elders (and I'm now one of the "elders!) I call teachers at the school...
I've got to go look at the problem!
Congratulations!!! Your kids will be lucky to have you!
OK, I give, what's wrong with L'Hopital's Rule?
Then...shouldn't the student do the work, so their missing work doesn't destroy their own grade?
I just don't understand it. If they do NO work, then they have EARNED zero credit. Period. If we "give" them half credit for no work, what kind of...
One of my favorite books is "Backtalk", by Ricker and Crowder. Talks abut logical consequences. Goes great with "Setting Limits in the Classroom"!
Didn't need certification (Calif.), but sure had to jump through a lot of hoops, from a day-long online class on appropriate behavior/child...
Not coaching currently, but coached for over 25 years - in four different sports, but pretty much every year in both track and cross-country -...
1. I carry my own pencil when I walk around to help, so I don't need to use theirs "...just for a sec..." 2. I keep a spray bottle of isoproply...
"I don't appreciate parenting advice from the teachers." Interesting... I don't appreciate teaching advice from parents, either. The line is...
Fred Jones book "Tools for Teaching," Chapters 16 ("Meaning Business") and 17 ("Following Through") are addressing exactly what you are talking...
First year 30+ years ago. Taught 4 preps out of 5 classes, coached two seasons (fall and spring) sports, the fall season as head coach. Busy as...
Can you give the test using an overhead, or pencil and paper?
I feel for you...I've been there...it's devastating to your sense of self and makes you question what you know to be right. In my case, it was...
I also teach math, I test every week, and I second everything Alice said. Also - for tests, I have them put their answers in the answer column...
I got to integration by parts this year, too.
Since we have to use algebra, not trig... If you use geometric means to find the lengths of the three missing measures of the sides of the two...
"...considered [TO BE] one of..."?