I was just talking to a guy that is probably a genius. He said he was very rambunctious as a kid. He had one teacher that realized his need for activity. If he started squirming in class:
“Johnny. Why don’t you run around the entire playground as fast as you can - I’ll time you and we can use it in our lesson.”
Just fill them up with drugs to quiet them down now.
Thanks for keeping up the fight. We continue to have issues with high-school math teachers passing out the work sheet, the teacher saying “work on these together”, and then she goes sits at her computer. My daughter saw her shopping for clothes one time! (Good neighborhood too). We have complained, but it is the new “learning style of Discovery math”.
I used to say these bad teachers should be hanged. Treason against America. I have stopped saying that, as my kids were at first aghast - but now agree. (Well, sort of.) I have backed off to a more reasonable tar and feathering approach.
My one daughter takes an additional math helps class. She was saying today that “It’s really sad when I’m the smartest kid in the room! I mean, a lot of these kids can’t do simple multiplication. How are they supposed to figure out algebra? Especially when in the main class the teachers just hand out worksheets!?”
It’s going to be another long year for their somewhat math oriented dad. (An old white guy!)
We homeschooled our daughter all the way through school. I taught her Geometry, which primarily teaches logic. Even in areas she might be weak in, she is usually able to reason her way through problems.
Her logic skills continue to help her get through life now that she is a grown woman. I have a great deal of personal satisfaction about all of that.