Comments on: Are You Smarter … http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838 What could be less interesting than reading about the day-to-day doings of Delmer Wells? Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:41:59 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Icy Mt. http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-6077 Icy Mt. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:48:57 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-6077 My kids brought home the three-point-five paragraph/essay organization structure in 3rd grade. They didn't teach that to us until Advanced Placement English in grade 12. My kids brought home the three-point-five paragraph/essay organization structure in 3rd grade. They didn’t teach that to us until Advanced Placement English in grade 12.

]]> By: delmer http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-6026 delmer Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:08:39 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-6026 Tori: I can't recall all the things I've had to Google in order to figure out some of the things my kids have brought home from school. Tori: I can’t recall all the things I’ve had to Google in order to figure out some of the things my kids have brought home from school.

]]> By: radioactive tori http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-6010 radioactive tori Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:59:14 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-6010 I actually failed geometry the first time I took it. I also routinely have to google things that my daughter has for homework (5th grade) because I don't remember them from school. I would not be good at that game. I actually failed geometry the first time I took it. I also routinely have to google things that my daughter has for homework (5th grade) because I don’t remember them from school. I would not be good at that game.

]]> By: delmer http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5974 delmer Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:02:15 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5974 Bill: And I seemed to have forgotten about congruence about the time I graduated from high school. Cap: I love the "Iam" you included. lol Geeky: You should have seen the Connect Four battle we had going. The boys kept seeing things I missed over and over. Lady P: Maths would be super hard. I have trouble with just one Math. (I'd swear my kids are doing things differently than we did 35 and 40 years ago.) Emma: Spot and Puff were the pets, and Sally the little sister. If you'd like, my kids can summer with you -- that should stir the neighbors up a bit. :) Metalmom: Wait a minute ... I thought I read when you say, "I'm sleepy and going to bed" it was perceived as an invitation for a little bit of "Fun With Dick and Jane." Sally: I always looked a bit like John Davidsion. Not in elementary school, but high school. I had some issues with that. Ginger: I seem to block out math only moments after I encounter it. Sam brings some home once in a while ... and I have a vague memory of Jack doing fractions. But that's all that comes to mind. Michael: Did John and Betty have a cat and dog? Or something more exotic (by US standards)? Bill: And I seemed to have forgotten about congruence about the time I graduated from high school.

Cap: I love the “Iam” you included. lol

Geeky: You should have seen the Connect Four battle we had going. The boys kept seeing things I missed over and over.

Lady P: Maths would be super hard. I have trouble with just one Math. (I’d swear my kids are doing things differently than we did 35 and 40 years ago.)

Emma: Spot and Puff were the pets, and Sally the little sister. If you’d like, my kids can summer with you — that should stir the neighbors up a bit. :)

Metalmom: Wait a minute … I thought I read when you say, “I’m sleepy and going to bed” it was perceived as an invitation for a little bit of “Fun With Dick and Jane.”

Sally: I always looked a bit like John Davidsion. Not in elementary school, but high school. I had some issues with that.

Ginger: I seem to block out math only moments after I encounter it. Sam brings some home once in a while … and I have a vague memory of Jack doing fractions. But that’s all that comes to mind.

Michael: Did John and Betty have a cat and dog? Or something more exotic (by US standards)?

]]> By: Michael http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5972 Michael Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:32:47 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5972 I seem to recall that we had John and Betty in prep 1972, instead of Dick and Jane. I seem to recall that we had John and Betty in prep 1972, instead of Dick and Jane.

]]> By: Ginger http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5960 Ginger Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:17:05 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5960 I remember Dick, too (in the book). Although, I do not remember Amanda bringing home anything about congruent triangles in First Grade; however, she is learning algebra in the Third Grade, so she probably did and I have just blocked it out. Funny that I would remember Dick but not math... I remember Dick, too (in the book). Although, I do not remember Amanda bringing home anything about congruent triangles in First Grade; however, she is learning algebra in the Third Grade, so she probably did and I have just blocked it out. Funny that I would remember Dick but not math…

]]> By: Missy http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5955 Missy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:21:29 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5955 My mother has a set of classic readers, but I can't remember if they're <i>Dick and Jane</i> or another series. I'll try to remember to look next time I'm there. Those books were always a bit of an issue for me because I looked a bit like their younger sister, Sally. So, anytime we'd read <i>Dick and Jane</i> in school, other kids would call me Sally for days. My mother has a set of classic readers, but I can’t remember if they’re Dick and Jane or another series. I’ll try to remember to look next time I’m there.

Those books were always a bit of an issue for me because I looked a bit like their younger sister, Sally. So, anytime we’d read Dick and Jane in school, other kids would call me Sally for days.

]]> By: metalmom http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5954 metalmom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:13:28 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5954 I remember Dick....in the book! I was never able to help any of my kids with math after the fifth grade. It was far too complicated for me. My kids all made it through high school without any help from Mom...Thank God! I remember Dick….in the book! I was never able to help any of my kids with math after the fifth grade. It was far too complicated for me. My kids all made it through high school without any help from Mom…Thank God!

]]> By: Emma http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5953 Emma Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:34:13 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5953 I don't know many kids (their parents tend to keep them away from me as I've been rumored to grill them up for lunch), so I don't know what they're teaching kids these days. But I do remember Dick and Jane quite well. If I'm not mistaken, the dog was Spot and the cat was Puff. I think there was a little sister named Sally, too. As for the triangles... I always hated any type of math. I apparently knew that small calculators and computers would be invented that would help me in those areas. And I'll be damned if I wasn't right. Just call me Nostradamus. I don’t know many kids (their parents tend to keep them away from me as I’ve been rumored to grill them up for lunch), so I don’t know what they’re teaching kids these days. But I do remember Dick and Jane quite well. If I’m not mistaken, the dog was Spot and the cat was Puff. I think there was a little sister named Sally, too.

As for the triangles… I always hated any type of math. I apparently knew that small calculators and computers would be invented that would help me in those areas. And I’ll be damned if I wasn’t right. Just call me Nostradamus.

]]> By: Lady P http://www.delmer.com/kids/are-you-smarter-1838/comment-page-1#comment-5952 Lady P Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:27:42 +0000 http://www.delmer.com/?p=1838#comment-5952 The stuff my kids bring home scares me to death! I like to think that I have half a brain cell or so, but they just stump me with their homework; unless it's Maths (yes plural and don't start on me!) and then I'm good to go ;) The stuff my kids bring home scares me to death! I like to think that I have half a brain cell or so, but they just stump me with their homework; unless it’s Maths (yes plural and don’t start on me!) and then I’m good to go ;)

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