It finally happened, the day I've been dreading since the birth of our first child

Col_Decker

mike_l said:

Long division is easy. Get Mrs Decker to explain it to Decker Jnr.

Oi shut up you. I'll have you know its quite satisfying to be able to do a 7yo's maths homework.

DesVegas

Is it not HER homework? or is it YOUR homework???

RocknRollDave

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Trad. long division works. teach her that and sod what the educational experts say.

yes, that'll help her fail pass her maths GCSE......

Col_Decker

DesVegas said:

Is it not HER homework? or is it YOUR homework???

 

yes but no but yeah but

 

I had to learn her (new) method so that I could check her sums init and show her where she went wrong init.

jd0272

I simply employed (and will do so again) that most useful of all sentences, "Go and ask yer Mother".

mike_l

Col_Decker said:

mike_l said:

Long division is easy. Get Mrs Decker to explain it to Decker Jnr.

Oi shut up you. I'll have you know its quite satisfying to be able to do a 7yo's maths homework.

I'm only jealous cos I'm shit at maths.

Phil_aka_Pip

hungrymark said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Trad. long division works. teach her that and sod what the educational experts say.

Yeah, always a good idea. Bloody so-called 'experts' who know what they're talking about.

yeh, right. You strike me as being a good teacher, Mark. But don't you get tired of all the latest edu-speak and wish you could just do your job? people have been teaching other people ever since there were things that needed to be taught. Are the latest fads really that good?

holnrew

It was better in my day with log tables and slide rules.

Phil_aka_Pip

I've still got my log tables & slide rule.

stickyfiddle

holnrew said:

It was better in my day with log tables and slide rules.

Aren't we roughly the same age? I never had a slide rule.

I do still have an old TI83 graphic calculator that's genuinely significantly less useful than an iPhone app though. 32k of RAM, bitches. 

chillidoggy

Slide rules and log tables were all we had at school. Calculators didn't really come in until the mid 70's, and we weren't allowed to use them for exams, anyway. Everything was done longhand, which was a right PITA!

mike_l

chillidoggy said:

Slide rules and log tables were all we had at school. Calculators didn't really come in until the mid 70's, and we weren't allowed to use them for exams, anyway. Everything was done longhand, which was a right PITA!

To be fair you also had a chalk and a slate instead of exercise books and pens.

chillidoggy

Did I mention the abacus?

mart

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I've still got my log tables & slide rule.

My desk:

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k455/mart206/IMG_0246_zps62af4631.jpg

No prizes for guessing which items get used the most, and which the least.

VimFuego

is it the highlighter pens? I love using them, all the pretty colours.

DesVegas

I feel for you buddy, my daughters only 3, when she gets to 7 there'll be hover long division

stickyfiddle

VimFuego said:

is it the highlighter pens? I love using them, all the pretty colours.

I'm pretty sure it's the mug and the blank space, for staring into, right?

mart

VimFuego said:

is it the highlighter pens? I love using them, all the pretty colours.

Close. Those highlighters are great, and have a lovely history. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin ....

My parents were chronic miserly hoarders - maybe influenced by rationing, or maybe just it was their nature. So if they bought things, then they'd make sure to make them last. Tins of biscuits would be kept for years, etc. A bottle of whiskey would last longer in their drinks cupboard than it had ever spent maturing in the distillery. 

When they moved out of their house into nursing homes, and my brother and I cleared the house, I found this pack of highlighters that had been bought years if not decades before. They'd never used - the packaging was still sealed and everything. So I thought, I'm having these, and took them home with me. .... And stashed them away, thinking they're great, I must use them wisely and not waste them. After a few years I started to realize what I was doing, so decided to start using them straight away before I completely turned into my parents!

Jalapeno

JAYJO said:

Ah! The old teachers code! Quite simply Translated it means This lads dad is a tosser! .

Surely you mean "This lad's Dad is a tosser !" - a decent teacher wouldn't miss the apostrophe  :P

ROOG

I quite enjoyed re doing 'A' level maths with my Brother and then some years (many) later GCE, (O level) maths again with my daughter, It all came flooding back, BBC bytesize was really helpful too!