Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Math on the sidewalk

Kadizzle took the usual bike ride down to the lakes. A math teacher with some good thought had her class solving math problems written on the sidewalk. The kids were playing something called math bingo. The kids had to do 25 math problems to win the bingo game. 

Kadizzle engaged some of the kids in conversation. The diversity of the students, and their energy was delightful. One kid was quite a talker. Another kid said he was shy and did not talk to strangers, and then he started talking to Kadizzle. 

 A delightful thing about the class was the makeup. There were Asian kids, latino, black, and a very good mix of children. They all got along fine. Seeing these kids gave Kadizzle so much hope. These kids were not yet stupid. Would their exposure to the nonsense of their parents make them into right wing nuts?  It seemed education was doing what it was supposed to do, make thinkers out of children. How does this process get ruined by the Republicans?

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