Scout tested in to 7th grade accelerated math for the year. He is very good at math, but this year has been quite the adjustment. First of all, math taught in Chinese is opposite than English math. For example, if there is a fraction that is 1/4 — we call it one fourth. Well, in Chinese, it is called four ones. There have been a lot of things he has had to unlearn from Chinese…but he finally tackled all of that. Then there is Moby Max — the computer program from you know where! Scout has a whole lot of homework on it every night — and the assignments never stop coming! He had to adjust to lots of math homework every night…and he is getting that down. Then there is the “show your work” rule. This has been Scout’s hardest adjustment, because he is constantly getting half or no credit because he can do the math in his head. We keep telling him rules are rules, and math will soon be too difficult to do in his head…but this still causes problems. And finally, there is the math itself. He skipped from fifth grade math to seventh grade — accelerated math. that too has been a challenge…but he is getting there.
So after all of these bumps in Scout’s math road…when he came home with this 100% on his latest math test…we were all freaking out! He knew all of the math, he showed his work, he didn’t make rushed mistakes….and he DOMINATED!!!
Nice work Scout!
We are all really proud.
And the best part…is that he is really proud of himself!
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