Hey there everybody, sitting in an old person chair writing this because i’m recovering from coughing my ribcage out last night. on that note, lets talk about math. The last two weeks of math have been all switched up. Instead of my regular sit down, blast punk rock, and crank on math, we did a project on probability. I must admit that at first, i was a bit skeptical, and wasn’t too anxious about switching up my routine math session, but that was all cleared away when i learned that we would be watching ‘The Price Is Right’ for the first three days. I found myself enjoying studying probability! I didn’t feel like we were doing any math! No formulas, no unrealistic mathematical can of worms, no big words (besides ‘probability’), and no worries. I was shown that probability is everywhere, and that there are plenty of ways to use it besides making your head hurt 🙂 . I think that learning about probability this way is LOADS more fun than sitting down for an hour and cranking on math. Did i learn more this way? Of course i did! I didn’t have to deal with dumb life applications that kids my age don’t give a hoot about! I got to have it applied to MY LIFE, did you hear that holt mcdougal? my life. Why couldn’t we do this all year? we have 30-some weeks, and only 10 lessons, and we are the grade that has the most! we could do a lesson project-style every three weeks! That would mean more in depth discovery, more learning, and MORE FUN! WHY NOT?

My Groups “The Price Is Right” Game.