The snow melted as quickly as it had come this time, which was a shame because Winchester looked beautiful with its trees and roofs laden with virgin white snow. Still no teaching for me today as I hopped on the Number 1 bus for a day at University. even that wasn't straightforward as St Cross Rd is closed to traffic and I had to slog up Battery Hill to intercept it on its detour.
Today we learn about literacy in learning. If I might translate into simple words. We learnt that children have to be able to read in order to progress at school, not only in English but in all subjects, including Maths. This took a whole day.
Joking aside, it does seem that doing well in a Maths exam in 2010 depends significantly more on your ability to read than it did in the 1980s. In their efforts to make Maths more relevant and functional, simple maths problems of yesteryear now come with a whole story attached to them before you get to the Maths bit. This means there is a bigger chance of misunderstanding or incomprehension through (lack of) literacy. Losing interest before you get to the end of the question is also highly probable. Bring back the purity of solving problems with numbers and symbols, that's what I say.
