danmdevries
7 years ago

Dan... Isn't that just subtracting a number into two different numbers? Or am I not getting the phrasing?

Like 6 = 2 and 4
And 6= 5 and 1

?

victor809 wrote:



That'd how I took it, and how we did the homework.

But this is kindergarten... the phrasing is not kg level.
Speyside
7 years ago
You're in Missouri, feel fortunate you found a gym. I suspect your rugby days are over. Though you will probably hear banjo music and pig references on a regular basis.
opelmanta1900
7 years ago

Kindergarten homework: "deconstruct an integer into two addends in two different ways"

WTF?!

danmdevries wrote:


Got a boy in kindergarten... That didn't look right... Ran it by a couple of family members who are involved in education... Neither of them found that acceptable... Best explanation came from an elementary school principal:

"Deconstruct is an academic vocabulary word that is taught in every grade. So the teacher taught that word then asked some other dumb stuff and then said something about integers."
rfenst
7 years ago
Another Monday.
Sunoverbeach
7 years ago
Morning peoples. Happy Monday to those who find happiness in such a day
danmdevries
7 years ago
Welcome back to Monday fellas
Ram27
7 years ago
Welcome to Monday peeps and the start of a new week.


Hope all are happy with Oscar winners. [sarcasm]




[ram27bat]
8trackdisco
7 years ago
2/-17.

35 mph winds.
gummy jones
7 years ago
lost power roughly 20 times yesterday due to the wind
and that may be an underestimate
SmokeMonkey
7 years ago
Good morning, y’all
MACS
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7 years ago
Monday... start of a week? Monday will merely be night 8 of my 9 out of 10 nights working.

I've worked every day since last Sunday, except for Wednesday. My checks look damn good, but I'ze tired, boss... dog tired.

I floated the idea of having my son take the wife to the airport when she goes to the Philippines in late March and I had to backpedal reeeeaaaal fast. I'll have to take the time off. 🤦
DrafterX
7 years ago
😎 Dudes...
rfenst
7 years ago

Monday... start of a week? Monday will merely be night 8 of my 9 out of 10 nights working.

I've worked every day since last Sunday, except for Wednesday. My checks look damn good, but I'ze tired, boss... dog tired.

I floated the idea of having my son take the wife to the airport when she goes to the Philippines in late March and I had to backpedal reeeeaaaal fast. I'll have to take the time off. 🤦

MACS wrote:



I hate that kind of shi t.
deadeyedick
7 years ago

Morning peoples. Happy Monday to those who find happiness in such a day

Sunoverbeach wrote:



And I do. Blue skies, smiling at me....:-"
danmdevries
7 years ago

Monday... start of a week? Monday will merely be night 8 of my 9 out of 10 nights working.

I've worked every day since last Sunday, except for Wednesday. My checks look damn good, but I'ze tired, boss... dog tired.

I floated the idea of having my son take the wife to the airport when she goes to the Philippines in late March and I had to backpedal reeeeaaaal fast. I'll have to take the time off. 🤦

MACS wrote:



72 hours last week, a short 48 this week...

I'm beat. Fell asleep in one of my patient's rooms last night. Pulled up a chair to chart and the rhythmic pulsations and humming from the various life support devices had me nod off for a good 15 minutes. Then an alarm went off and I got back to work, refreshed and ready to go.

2 more nights and then I got a week off.

Trip to Florida in less than 4 weeks. Probably should be hitting up more overtime until then but I just can't. Maybe after I got a few days into that week off, but not tagging on anymore to this stretch.
danmdevries
7 years ago

2/-17.

35 mph winds.

8trackdisco wrote:



Same. Brutal outside.

Had to stop by Menards for dog food and furnace filters on the way home. Wind lifted some of the filters out of my cart and I had to chase them down.

Can't wait to leave the cold for a bit.
danmdevries
7 years ago

lost power roughly 20 times yesterday due to the wind
and that may be an underestimate

gummy jones wrote:



Used to lose power if a squirrel farted. Bought two big generators and installed a transfer switch on the main so I could just take the house off the grid and run on generators. Always kept them filled and ready. Hard piped an exhaust from the engines out through the garage wall. Have over 1000 hours on them from 5 years of use.

Then about 4-5 years ago the power company built two new substations, one on either end of our street. Haven't lost power for any significant amount of time since then. One generator needs carb cleaned and the other needs a shaft seal replaced. I bought the parts, but haven't needed them in years.
danmdevries
7 years ago

Got a boy in kindergarten... That didn't look right... Ran it by a couple of family members who are involved in education... Neither of them found that acceptable... Best explanation came from an elementary school principal:

"Deconstruct is an academic vocabulary word that is taught in every grade. So the teacher taught that word then asked some other dumb stuff and then said something about integers."

opelmanta1900 wrote:



Yeah, I took a picture and texted my buddy who's a high school stats/calc teacher. I had to confirm that I was even understanding the question correctly. He said that is absolutely not kindergarten math.

I feel bad for the kid. I could never do math the way they wanted it done. I could always get the right answer, but didn't follow the "correct" process to find the answer. I got poor grades in that subject simply because I couldn't follow the approved method. Wife doesn't math at all. In subjects that used heavy math like genetics and stats I did great because it didn't matter how you mathed, just as long as you could explain the process and got the right answer.
victor809
7 years ago
I agree with the vocabulary Dan.... Probably more than kindergarteners know... But I do think integer is a valuable term that they can learn at that age.

Deconstruct is probably unnecessary...
danmdevries
7 years ago
Integer = number. Why it's introduced at this level I do not understand. Though, I struggled with the concept of integers/whole numbers when I got to that point in school. To me, a number is a number. 0.66 is a number. 1 is a number. Same same in my head.
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