Stephanie Howard

I am an old lady who teaches math and who is returning to college for a Master's degree.

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@GeoSouthernCOE May I just say, awesome?

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@LisaGribble10 A5: We used to have a bookmobile and we loved when they came to our community! Reading is fundamental @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane @Lothridgeslane Yes it would mean more to them and hopefully they will focus on learning @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane A4: Pedagogy of Poverty/Crayon Curriculum WOW! @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane A1: I love how the teacher was shut down by the parent when she thought the 3rd grade student was slow because the child didn't know another name for a tadpole REALLY? @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@JamieCowart2 @JamieCowart2 I work at an IB school @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@LisaGribble10 @LisaGribble10 That works Lisa! @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane @lothridgeslane You have probably experienced as I have that students claim they cannot write about math @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@JamieCowart2 A4: A good teacher will not dumb down an assignment and especially not because they think a group of people are inferior @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane A5: In the old days we called it the 3 r's: reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic! @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@JamieCowart2 @JamieCowart2 Yes, you have to be specific with this generation! @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@LisaGribble10 @LisaGribble10 Well that's a good thing! @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane A6: Respectfully, I don't think you can isolate one problem as the biggest there are many variables in play @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane @lothridgeslane They are very essential for literacy @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane A5: Yes and we try to make every Wednesday a writing day and sometimes I get the simplest yes or no answers without any evidence to support the answer but we will keep trying
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@LisaGribble10 A4: Teachers should never judge based on race @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@JamieCowart2 @JamieCowart2 I agree 100% @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane A4: I heard of a professor who worked at an HBCU in the early 70's that would give his math students a multiple choice test with 3 answers as Disney Characters and the 4th a real math answer, isn't that sad? @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@lothridgeslane @lothridgeslane Absolutely there should not be higher level assignments based on race, it is absurd @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply

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@JamieCowart2 @lothridgeslane @JamieCowart2 Relevance makes all the difference @Stephan30663985 #WeAllMultiply