As I said somewhere earlier, I have two kids – a boy of 15 and a girl of 7. They go to school and generally my wife and I don’t preach to them a lot about the importance of learning; we just encourage them to do the best they can.
Few months ago we were invited by Daniel’s Math teacher, who warned us about his lack of interest in the subject and his rather low marks. We discussed about the ways we can help him to understand the importance of giving more effort to get better marks, but we didn’t want to spook him into developing an aversion toward school.
Instead, we tried to think of some way that will awaken his interest in it. And I thought I found just the best possible solution. You see, all boys look up to their fathers (luckily :D) and admire them whatever it is that they do; and I’m just a mere salesman, as I might have mentioned. I suggested that we buy this new gadget we got at the store – a graphing calculator, and see if it will inspire him to practice more. My wife thought that it was a great suggestion and worth a shot. So we bought it.
We were very pleased to find out that he really liked it. We only had to wait a while to see if he will stick to this newly discovered interest in Math. After just two weeks, we were again summoned by his Math teacher, only to be informed that Daniel has improved greatly not only in Math, but in all other natural sciences! He too was totally surprised by this sudden change of attitude towards these subjects.
That’s why, I would strongly recommend this useful gadget to anyone with the similar problem. Nothing will inspire the interest in Math as easily and quickly as that! Trust me :)
Few months ago we were invited by Daniel’s Math teacher, who warned us about his lack of interest in the subject and his rather low marks. We discussed about the ways we can help him to understand the importance of giving more effort to get better marks, but we didn’t want to spook him into developing an aversion toward school.
Instead, we tried to think of some way that will awaken his interest in it. And I thought I found just the best possible solution. You see, all boys look up to their fathers (luckily :D) and admire them whatever it is that they do; and I’m just a mere salesman, as I might have mentioned. I suggested that we buy this new gadget we got at the store – a graphing calculator, and see if it will inspire him to practice more. My wife thought that it was a great suggestion and worth a shot. So we bought it.
We were very pleased to find out that he really liked it. We only had to wait a while to see if he will stick to this newly discovered interest in Math. After just two weeks, we were again summoned by his Math teacher, only to be informed that Daniel has improved greatly not only in Math, but in all other natural sciences! He too was totally surprised by this sudden change of attitude towards these subjects.
That’s why, I would strongly recommend this useful gadget to anyone with the similar problem. Nothing will inspire the interest in Math as easily and quickly as that! Trust me :)
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