Tired [Feb. 6th, 2007|09:08 am]

We just got the scores back from our latest checkpoints. They were worse than this time last year.
Now I know all the things that affect this. I know kids don't take checkpoints that seriously. I know the change in procedures was hard on them. But still. We have all been working so hard. For what? We just can't teach these kids math.
but, perhaps we will do what finally needs to be done. Go back and teach them what the elementary schools never did. How to multiply and divide.
Knowing the steps does not help, if you can't multiply. Now, I am trying to figure out what I can do. I'm language arts. But I have to help some how. If for no other reason than our kids need these skills.