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To: LindyBill who wrote (78570)	10/18/2004 6:31:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793846

Joanne Jacobs - Algebra starts early Teaching algebra starts in elementary school, Los Angeles has decided. From the Daily News: WEST HILLS -- Playing a game with crayons and colored blocks, 6-year-old Skylor Bates looks like he's enjoying recess instead of learning algebra. But the game's patterns introduce Skylor and his first-grade classmates at Pomelo Drive Elementary to the concept of abstract thought -- one of the keys to understanding algebraic equations. Ninety percent of Los Angeles students score below proficient on the state's algebra test. Students must pass basic algebra to earn a high school diploma. It's not just a question of learning to go from the concrete to the abstract. Educators said students also struggle because they have a weak foundation in other fundamentals, such as fractions, decimals and percentages. Here's my favorite quote: After a recent class on patterns, 7-year-old Mason Bissada proclaimed: "When I heard that that was algebra, I was like, oh, I did that in kindergarten . . . It makes a lot of sense." I've been doing a lot of algebra tutoring with ninth graders this year. I wish they knew addition, multiplication, fractions, decimals, percentages and negative numbers. And I wish they had the faith that this is all supposed to make sense.

To: LindyBill who wrote (78570)	10/18/2004 9:00:18 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 793846

<<<Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come,’ Kerry intoned Sunday morning at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. ‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.’ He told the crowd of 1,500 he wasn't there to preach but went on to, well, preach about the Good Samaritan, the emptiness of a faith devoid of deeds and God's high calling to love one another -- before criticizing from the pulpit President Bush over Social Security and jobs.>>> I suppose there are some dangers and toils involved in sitting in an office in Washington. Might get a paper cut while opening the mail, catch a finger in the door of a limousine- nasty stuff. And I dont see much grace in a pulpit-thumping hot-headed orator that accuses his fellow workers of war crimes. Sig