I was an excellent math student through junior year of high school which happens to be the last time I was a math student. I did take statistics in college, but that doesn't really count. I did not to take calculus my senior year of high school as I did not enjoy the calculus teacher that I had suffered through geometry with and I had fulfilled the math requirement for college, so I opted out. I was not required to take any real math in college so I did not.
Scott took various calculus classes in college. Yay him! This gives him the impression that he's better in math than me. You be the judge.
Last night:
Our 5th grader was doing double digit long division and she asked Mr. Math for help.
Scott to me: "Do you remember the secret to double digit long division?"
Me: "I don't know any secret. It's like single digit, but with 2 digits."
Scott: "It's been a long time since I've done long division. It's like this right?" He then leans over and shows me the paper where he's started a problem like this:
Me: "Why are you starting on the far right?"
Scott: "That's where you start."
Me: "That's not where I'd start. I'd do it like this.":
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| I started at the furtherest left that the 6 was divisible into like you are supposed to. |
Scott then tries to complete the problem his way and realizes he's.... wait for it....WRONG.
Me: "How sad is it that I'm feeling totally superior right now?"
Scott: "I'm glad you get to feel like that for once."
While all this was going on the girl, our 5th grader, is saying things like:
"Give me back my paper."
"This isn't helping me."
We ignored her of course because what mattered was which one of us was right.
About 5 minutes later Scott bested me on a chemistry question so my superiority in the realm of 5th grade homework was short lived.
It was lovely while it lasted.
peace & love ;-)
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