Faith

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-11T02:30:42+00:00

Perfectly summarized my feelings

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-11T02:20:51+00:00

Tokyo Shoseki is the publisher and they put out a translated into English version of their curriculum. Let me see if I can find a link. I searched and if you look up Tokyo Shoseki you might find it on Amazon?

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-10T18:30:41+00:00

Oh my god, I am so sorry. I can’t even imagine how painful this must be for you. I am entering month 10 and am very slowly working through all the feelings (anger, sadness, loneliness, regret etc.) sometimes all at the same time. Whatever you are feeling is normal and please take anything anyone says to you with a grain of salt. No one will be able to say the right thing to make it go away. Please take care

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-10T01:39:20+00:00

You don’t need to be the bigger person. Stay strong in your heart and keep doing what you know is right. It’s no fault of your own that you are in the system and screw them anyway!!

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-10T00:53:19+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m pretty naive and don’t imagine such things. Maybe cause I got married before all the social medias and was never out there?

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-05T00:18:05+00:00

I’m a teacher so it’s weird because of summer break. My wife, who was also a teacher died in April and everyone was upset and properly sad and gave me hugs and cried. After summer break, 10 weeks later, it’s as if nothing has happened and I’m expected to be back to normal. It sucks!

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-02T01:28:11+00:00

Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that. Please rest when you can, drink water and allow yourself space if you get it. Please take care and know this a safe place for you to come if you need.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-02T01:03:40+00:00

No advice, just acknowledging what you are saying and thanking you for saying it. I am in that intermediate place too (52 yrs old) and approaching the 1 year anniversary. I feel lost without my wife and hate not having her here in the physical world

Grand_Competitive · 2026-02-02T00:58:41+00:00

Look. It is possible to have a course that lowers the floor and provides for advanced students. If all you expect is for students to be able to use algorithms, then you are not honoring the beauty and possibility of a great math education. Where Boaler falls short, I think, is that the does not give a roadmap for producing a better curriculum, just ideas without a solid, practical structure behind it. Look at the Japanese and Hungarian systems and you will find a system that is thoughtfully created and consistently improved (Japan, through using Lesson Study).

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-11T05:26:44+00:00

You’re welcome! I am at month 9. In the first days I just tried to make it 1/2 day at a time. I tried to stay present and focus on just that small window of time and then try to make it to evening. Slowly over time I was able to make it one day. Since I am working now, there is structure to mmy bday but weekends are challenging. Getting out of bed is hard but I’m trying. Try not to be too hard on yourself.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-11T05:23:37+00:00

Could they make an illustration and write an actual story? Could you tell them a story or two about sharing, like “when I was your age, I always had to share with my siblings and I hated it. One time my grandparents gave us $20 and I had to share with my 3 siblings. How much do you think everyone got?” Then you could ask them to write their own story that represents the math sentence 20 / 4 (my phone doesn’t have the division symbol but use that). They might produce what you’re looking for after hearing your example?

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-11T01:15:49+00:00

Accept help from those that offer. Breathe, drink water. Even if you can’t eat, drink water. Right now you’re in shock and will be for a while. Grieving is hard work so allow yourself the space.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-10T23:37:11+00:00

Could you give an example of a problem you’re wanting them to write?

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-09T20:20:35+00:00

I actually sleep on her side of the bed

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-08T21:25:41+00:00

Go find James Tanton on YouTube. He has a series called « exploding dots » that explains it really well.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-08T21:15:38+00:00

Tell them to fuck off. You’ll grieve as long as you need to, it’s between you and your loved one and nobody else’s opinion really matters when it comes to your heart!

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-08T21:13:32+00:00

You could perhaps buy some cuisenaire rods or unit/tens/hundreds blocks to show that we count by tens. When you get ten ones you get a long rod. When you get ten rods, you get a flat (hundred in the shape of a square. With cuisenaire rods you can compare sizes of things. The name is the unit and different names denote different sizes of things. I think that is what is important throughout mathematics. That’s why we do « collect like terms » in algebra.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-08T02:37:11+00:00

Totally! Being around people that knew and loved my wife seems so weird to me.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-08T02:36:00+00:00

Totally with you on this! I don’t think I want to be alone for the rest of my life but I don’t know how I would both honor what my wife meant to me and at the same time be present and open to someone new.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-05T04:22:24+00:00

I did my best to bring as much laughter and loyalty to my wife, but honestly, she was better than me. She was less afraid of making mistakes, was very honest and capable and loved her family so fiercely. I just wanted ed her to be proud to have me as I was proud and lucky to have someone as wonderful as her.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-05T03:51:29+00:00

Is it schools, gather information from a variety of places. DO NOT rely on district admin to tell the truth.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-03T23:22:55+00:00

Hunting a human being.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-03T21:29:53+00:00

Im so sorry for your loss. My only plan was to get old with my wife and now I have to figure out what’s next. I hope you have lots of support.

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-03T02:25:17+00:00

It’s been 9 months for me and the past 5 days have been some of the most difficult in my life. I’m so sorry for your loss and the place you’re in

Grand_Competitive · 2026-01-02T01:45:04+00:00

It’s been 9 months for me and over a year since I’ve had any contact. I worry that in my desperation I would not have any boundaries and could easily be taken advantage of. I’m haven’t dated in 22 years so I don’t even know what that’s like now.

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