tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post2200841898398122138..comments2023-08-19T01:00:21.479-07:00Comments on Love. Learning. Liberty.: Of a Personal Natureshadowspringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-40810809073915436492011-09-07T21:35:49.398-07:002011-09-07T21:35:49.398-07:00I don't think trigonometry makes any sense unt...I don't think trigonometry makes any sense until you learn physics. It's just this arbitrary set of rules and definitions. It wasn't until I spent several weeks breaking up forces into parallel and perpendicular parts that I really got a sense of trigonometry as being rock-solid truth. That I got a sense of it as being real and not something just made up in the math books. II hope you are having some similarly thrilling and enlightening experiences in your own first exposure to physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-64254424068150652322011-09-04T06:40:16.280-07:002011-09-04T06:40:16.280-07:00Yay! Dragon Dictation is free for his iPod Touch...Yay! Dragon Dictation is free for his iPod Touch! We will start from there. This is an excellent idea, Sandra. Thanks so much for the tip. n_nshadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-87202898942249822052011-09-03T20:30:06.695-07:002011-09-03T20:30:06.695-07:00!!Incongruous Circumspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-85017109105844241142011-09-03T13:02:24.959-07:002011-09-03T13:02:24.959-07:00Thanks for your ideas! I've tried http://www.t...Thanks for your ideas! I've tried http://www.theeasyessay.com/?pg=mini<br />With limited success. I think I have still failed to get across the importance of writing to college success. 'Cause everything he deems important enough, he works at until he masters. But Dragon Dictation could help tremendously. He loves his teen toastmasters club!shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-52680201448077174912011-09-03T12:13:19.906-07:002011-09-03T12:13:19.906-07:00Or any of those myriad graphic organizer things? ...Or any of those myriad graphic organizer things? for organizing thoughts and ideas that don't lend themselves (or the thinker isn't comfortable with) traditional outline format.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-40421826650027420292011-09-03T12:10:53.228-07:002011-09-03T12:10:53.228-07:00video essays. It worked for Legally Blonde!
no, ...video essays. It worked for Legally Blonde!<br /><br />no, seriously. Can he support his arguments orally? Try Dragon Dictation (free app for phones, maybe online, $99 for the whole software package). I'm trying the freebie with my dyslexic daughter to get those words that I know are in her head to get unstuck enough to get onto paper. It is at least a good first draft.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802896743878321184.post-1917769438061568312011-09-03T11:42:08.237-07:002011-09-03T11:42:08.237-07:00ps I wrote that I "can't get him out of t...ps I wrote that I "can't get him out of the middle of the pack", meaning that he scored seven out of twelve points on his ACT essay, and either six or seven out of twelve on his SAT essay (I don't have the paperwork here). He can write complete sentences, just to clarify. What he lacks is the skill to elaborate on supporting details sufficiently, and (much to my dismay) organize his thoughts as coherently as I believe they need to be to communicate effectively.<br /><br />*sigh* I'd bring in a tutor if I could find one...shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.com