The table is laid out in points order (England ended up with the most points and Slovakia the least).
This week's Student of the Week is Sophia R (she's the really old one in the photo)!
You know how teachers say that they don't have favourite students? I don't make that lie. THIS is my favourite student of all time! I love her to death. I can't even imagine any future student being close to as great (well, there is a certain 2-year-old who could be her equal one day, I suppose). I remember when Sophia was very young (4 or 5 years old). We were living in Squamish and some of my colleagues were teaching their own children (pretty common in a smaller town). I mentioned it one night at dinner: Me: Hey Sophia. Some of the other teachers at school teach their own kids. Maybe Daddy will get to teach you one day. Sophia (looking horrified): No! Don't want that! I don't want that! Me (taken aback): it's ok. It probably won't happen anyway. Sophia (looking close to tears): I don't want to be in Daddy's class! Nooooo! Hmmm. You also INSISTED that I NOT coach your soccer team. What's that all about? Anyway, somehow you DID end up in my class. Thanks for "being ok" with that. And thanks for working so hard at the Math. I know it's not your favourite thing but you've really done an awesome job this past year! Love the determination and commitment! I will keep this short (so I don't get carried away and embarrass you). I'll just say, Sophia, how proud of you I am, how cool it was to have the opportunity to be your teacher, and - more importantly - how i LOVE being your Papa! You are #1! Always!! What else is there to ask one of the world's most famous athletes? One of my Foundations 12 students was watching one of my videos and felt the need to email me (at 1 am) to ridicule me for this... I am not ashamed!!! And, just so you know, here is how they turned out...
Elementary teachers’ weak math skills — some can’t even recall Grade 6 fractions — have sent Ontario teachers’ colleges scrambling to launch mandatory crash courses, with some making student teachers pass a math test to graduate.
Teachers’ math phobia, which faculties of education across North America view as a “huge problem,” are seen as one factor in Ontario’s falling student math scores, especially in grade school, where most teachers have a liberal-arts background and have not studied math since high school. The University of Toronto, Trent University and Lakehead University now require student elementary teachers to write a test of math basics — fractions, decimals, percentages — and then offer help with concepts teachers don’t understand. Other schools are adding compulsory math refresher courses to Ontario’s new two-year teacher education curriculum. Some professors say student teachers are often in tears when they try to recall their grade-school math, and tell them they’re grateful for the emergency crash courses. |
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