Posted by alexandra_k on January 9, 2014, at 15:51:57
In reply to Re: Sorry you're feeling bilious, posted by Partlycloudy on January 8, 2014, at 17:25:41
yeah. i think that was why i did alright in logic. they taught us the language right from the very beginning. i'm actually enjoying physics a lot - it is kind of like logic with looking at the relationship between concepts (force, mass etc). i mess up the unit conversions (the actual numbers) but i'm starting to get a sense about which numbers go where in the equations, at least. just need to start with the simple concepts and build up gradually.
i graduated kindergarten!
well... they don't quite put it like that... but i managed to master the kindergarten (preschool) curriculum set in a couple hours.
i see three!!!!!
there was lots of counting... i'm part way through year one now, too, (5 year olds), and it gets tedious counting stuff to 20. so... you just do start counting in twos... as in... seeing two and counting in twos (rather than counting in ones with an emphasis on every second beat). i am starting to see three, oh yes i am! soon... i bet i will be able to see four!!
they are putting lines around the 10's sometimes... so you get used to counting in 10's and 1's. moving more into dots now... so they can put them in outlines... sort of like container... so you start to get a sense of area. and conservation of quantity with different shaped and sized containers containing the different numbers of dots in different patterns...
it really is quite fun. i mean... it isn't much less fun than pottering away at sim city or bejewelled or minesweep or whatever... an actual productive use of my time. i wonder how long it will take me to get to year 12 (can get entry to first year uni on the basis of strong year 12 / there is a lot more overlap between year 13 and first year university).
i remember i did get tasks like this at school that i enjoyed. only trouble was if people gave them to me i'd squirrel myself away till the whole book was done and my teachers didn't like that. so they purposely gave me books to read instead... putting me on rations, like, because they only had so many problems (and they wouldn't give me higher levels because... they were mean bastards). and then at some point... i got so far behind... i never caught back up.
what a f*ck*ng brilliant website! give a kid the gift of a subscription to that on their i-pad and not much else to do and... math will take care of itself. perhaps.
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