Comments on: Sometimes, Math Hurts http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/ Entertaining stories from everyday life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Administrator http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-14289 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:59:52 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-14289 John and AnnMarie, I really appreciate the fact that you feel that you can be honest here in this community and share how you really feel. Thank you for being a part of things here :) John and AnnMarie,

I really appreciate the fact that you feel that you can be honest here in this community and share how you really feel. Thank you for being a part of things here :)

]]> by: Administrator http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-14288 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:57:47 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-14288 Best sentence ever. you are so wonderful. LOL Thanks :D Best sentence ever.

you are so wonderful. LOL

Thanks :D

]]> by: AnnMarie http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13969 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:41:08 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13969 Wow, I can't believe you find this funny. I find it sad. And he is right, and there are many instructors out there who take this approach. He *is* starting with a clean slate. What better way to help students than to let them know they start out great? How depressing to tell them "You all have zeros and Fs. Prove you are good enough to get anything more." Why not say, "You are all starting with perfect scores/100s/As. Prove you aren't worth it, and you'll lose points." What's easier: attaining something you don't have and looks far away or holding on to something you already have? Wow, I can’t believe you find this funny. I find it sad. And he is right, and there are many instructors out there who take this approach. He *is* starting with a clean slate. What better way to help students than to let them know they start out great? How depressing to tell them “You all have zeros and Fs. Prove you are good enough to get anything more.” Why not say, “You are all starting with perfect scores/100s/As. Prove you aren’t worth it, and you’ll lose points.” What’s easier: attaining something you don’t have and looks far away or holding on to something you already have?

]]> by: John Masters http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13894 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:49:27 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13894 Thirty years from now, when this poor kid is a poor adult schmuck in therapy, the day you describe here will come up. I have to admit that I always thought of each class as starting with a 100, even though it wasn't true. I really did better the second time in college by approaching every class like this kid did. It's one of the many mental 'tricks' I play on myself to get better results. It works for me. Basically, it's a way of helping yourself into seeing the glass as half full. Sometimes it's better to be kind than to be right. Thirty years from now, when this poor kid is a poor adult schmuck in therapy, the day you describe here will come up.

I have to admit that I always thought of each class as starting with a 100, even though it wasn’t true. I really did better the second time in college by approaching every class like this kid did. It’s one of the many mental ‘tricks’ I play on myself to get better results. It works for me. Basically, it’s a way of helping yourself into seeing the glass as half full.

Sometimes it’s better to be kind than to be right.

]]> by: tiggerprr http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13667 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:43:04 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13667 you are so wonderful. LOL you are so wonderful. LOL

]]> by: Ash http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13571 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:48:17 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/12/14/sometimes-math-hurts/#comment-13571 It was only me, shattering the illusions of the young and the innocent. Best sentence ever. It was only me, shattering the illusions of the young and the innocent.
Best sentence ever.

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