I'm amazed at the number of high school students who cannot make change!! Last week, for HOSA Week, we had a daily bake sale. I typically let the students do everything, but I chose to sit up there with them (and it was a good thing!). They couldn't even make change for a $5 bill! They would hand the money to me and tell me they needed change but didn't know how much to give them back. I was appalled!! Then on Saturday, our ROTC hosted a yard sale. I spent $3.50 and gave her a $5. She couldn't count the change back! What is wrong with kids these days that they can't even do simple math!?!? It makes me even more aware of how I can rip off or get ripped off easily at McDonald's! (Which, by the way, I'm a very honest person and won't rip them off, nor will I let them rip me off!)
Have a great week and I'll see ya Saturday!
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Julie, I know exactly what you are talking about! Kids CANNOT do any kind of simple math without the use of a calculator. They have no clue how to count up to give change back. If the bill comes to $2.35 and the person gives you $5,
ReplyDeletecount up:.37, .38, .39, .40, .50, .75 etc. I may as well have been speaking a foreign language.
Kids can't tell time either. I had to teach how to tell time on a regular clock first before I could teach them military time.
Why are they not getting these basic things in math class? Where have we dropped the ball? Elementary School? Middle School?
Your kids blogs are GREAT!!! I've enjoyed reading them. You have done a GREAT job with this!
ReplyDeleteAwesome class blogs. Do you find that the students are writing more on the blog than they would in class?
ReplyDeleteYes, they write more on the blog and, for some, they write MUCH better than they would if given paper and a pen. I'm still trying to figure it out since they don't use spell check. Of course, there are the few that still use "u" and other slang "words" such as that, but for the most part, it's been a positive experience! :)
ReplyDeleteJulie, since the technology age has been in existence students have traded doing basic math on paper and use calculators all the time. This is not good. We have upgraded in one way and down graded in another. These days, students take for granted the luxuries they have to make them even more successful, but yet they find excuses as to why they CAN'T do their work. We need to go back to the GOLDEN ages and make them do mental math. We are failing our children.
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