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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 306827" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's still blowing a gale here, but the wind is warming up again. Not tat it was cold, just cooler than yesterday's hot wind. The sky is bluish again although I suspect we're still in for a spectacular sunset this evening. difficult child 3's tennis class has been cnacelled. I've been trying to give him his Maths exam today (early; it's scheduled for next Monday, but I'll be busy) but I think he's just too distracted by the wind and the eerie light that has now mostly cleared. His Maths teacher has instructed me to make sure difficult child 3 finishes the paper, just to note how much extra time he took. He's taking about triple the allotted time. Not good. I suspect he will still pass the subject for the year (it's almost impossible to fail School Certificate, you have to be really dumb and also not making any effort) but I still feel badly. This is a kid who actually enjoys Maths but is VERY slow at it. Before the exam he was showing me (on the computer) some 3-D (ie x,y,z axes computer simulations) of some complex trigonometry functions. He doesn't yet understand them, but he's trying to. That tells me (and his Maths teacher) that it's worth pushing him to do Advanced Maths.</p><p></p><p>mother in law just rang. BEcause the sky has ceared sufficiently, she is going to brave the doctor's appointmenttoday and not leave it until tomorrow. husband has her car so I need to go fetch her. It will be interesting to see what the weather is really like!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 306827, member: 1991"] It's still blowing a gale here, but the wind is warming up again. Not tat it was cold, just cooler than yesterday's hot wind. The sky is bluish again although I suspect we're still in for a spectacular sunset this evening. difficult child 3's tennis class has been cnacelled. I've been trying to give him his Maths exam today (early; it's scheduled for next Monday, but I'll be busy) but I think he's just too distracted by the wind and the eerie light that has now mostly cleared. His Maths teacher has instructed me to make sure difficult child 3 finishes the paper, just to note how much extra time he took. He's taking about triple the allotted time. Not good. I suspect he will still pass the subject for the year (it's almost impossible to fail School Certificate, you have to be really dumb and also not making any effort) but I still feel badly. This is a kid who actually enjoys Maths but is VERY slow at it. Before the exam he was showing me (on the computer) some 3-D (ie x,y,z axes computer simulations) of some complex trigonometry functions. He doesn't yet understand them, but he's trying to. That tells me (and his Maths teacher) that it's worth pushing him to do Advanced Maths. mother in law just rang. BEcause the sky has ceared sufficiently, she is going to brave the doctor's appointmenttoday and not leave it until tomorrow. husband has her car so I need to go fetch her. It will be interesting to see what the weather is really like! Marg [/QUOTE]
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