My oldest child is in third grade and his homework is much more difficult than when I was in third grade. Or, perhaps I don't remember third grade, I don't quite remember what I ate for breakfast today...oh wait, did I have breakfast today?
Not a day goes by that I don't google at least one problem of his homework. Today there was math homework which included writing an array, and how many stickers does Fernando have if he has three pages and eight stickers on each page. First, google array, it means to arrange items in order...lesson one of third grade math for me. An array doesn't mean a large range of items in math terms. Interesting. Also, the answer to this problem is not a purple people eater from outer space, which is what it could have been with my ....uh-hum....vast knowledge of math. I finally found the answer to this problem and was able to assist my son in understanding how many stickers Fernando does in fact have.
Each year the homework is getting more and more difficult ***gulp*** but I assume that is how it is supposed to be. Our homework station now includes more than pencils, crayons, and paper for the children. It includes the laptop, scratch paper, and pencils for mommy to figure out this math along with her children!
I know by the end of the school year I will be a proud graduate of Google University and also know much more math than I did at the beginning of the year!
So, tell me....how many of you refer to google during homework time?!
Google and you tube
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