Post Lesson 1

I did Section 1.2 Exercises Part C, made a spreadsheet of my expenses, and also contacted those who have shared their contact information with me about how I did the assignment. I then took a quiz concerning what I have taught and learned and got 100% on the first try. I find that I need to write the estimation problems down because once I see them, they make complete sense to me.

I also made a decision on the book I am going to study for my financial review assignment and wrote a short explanation as to why I chose the book. After I finished that write-up, I turned my attention to the spreadsheet assignment and made up a budget for five years from now.

I did email the professor because I have done the assignments, but I am not sure if they are done the way she wants them. The professor did get back to me and she is so pleased with my Life Plan Part 1 spreadsheet and the way I went about determining an estimate income.

Teaching Lesson 1

I dressed up in Sunday clothes to teach Lesson 1 and we started out by the group of us waiting out in the parking lot for Brother Blackwell to get us into the building! We had no keys to get in so him and his son, Daniel, who is going to serve in Brussels, (kudos to him!) came and let us in.

The lesson went fairly well and Sister Gilmour even said I teach better by myself than with other people, which I wholeheartedly agree with! I picked Lesson 1 because it was rounding and estimation and I know how to do those things fairly well, so it was a no-brainer to pick it!

I had a really bad experience team teaching with two others in my first semester of Pathways and so I begged and pleaded to be allowed to teach alone for the other two semesters. In short, a member of the group didn't like me and found it proper to badmouth me to the other member of the group and also to the Pathway missionaries. This was after I had taken the initiative to do most of the work.

Anyway, tonight went very well and I am working on finding the balance between being a teacher and being friends with the students I teach. Maybe someday, I will be able to do that even better.

Lesson 1

Rounding and estimation, the lesson I chose to teach because it looked the easiest...

One of those videos by Brother Baird was the first thing I got to look at in the lesson. Rounding is close to the real value, but not exactly the amount. The purpose of rounding is to help us pick up on patterns that might apply to the use of other numbers. It gives an approximate, not solid answer.

Rounding is the process of estimation.
1,234,567.8901
anything to the right of the decimal point is tenths, hundreths, and thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and so on.
anything to the left of the decimal point is ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions, etc.

Anything above 5 is rounded up and anything below 5 is rounded down.

I also did a worksheet about rounding and after I did the worksheet, I did a quiz on rounding. I took my time on the quiz and ended up getting 100%

I worked on this for a little over an hour and I printed out the pages I need to teach this week.

Post Introduction Lesson

Goals:
*I would like to earn a passing grade in this course and a very good grade in a math course would certainly be considered a bonus and reward of very hard work. I am going to merely pray a lot, work very hard, and do my best in this course.

*I am hoping to get through the next week simply by taking my time to do the work and also make a lesson plan that is both easy for me to teach and easy for others to understand.

Discussion Board
Initial Post: My name is Heather Cameron, I am 28 years old, and I live in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, but I also carry dual citizenship in the United States because my mother was born in Spokane, Washington. Besides being in Pathways, I write, make videos for YouTube, do things for theatre and/or acting, do photography, shop, and do a lot of physical activity. I have to confess that I am not a great big fan of math and the learning disability I have, Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (which is similar to Asperger's), makes me take a lot more time to do things than others probably would need. I have had several callings in church thus far such as greeter/bulletin maker, CTR 4 teacher, three times in the Nursery, and Library Assistant. I am eager to learn and to get to know all of you. After Pathways, I hope to go on and get some sort of certification in the Administrative Assistant program through BYU-Idaho online. It is very nice to meet all of you lovely people.

Personal Replies:

*Hi there, Sister Hansen!

Thank you for your kind words, first of all. Secondly, my most recent major purchase was a TV/VCR combo that I bought from Walmart because my old TV/VCR combo was not working well anymore. I am generally very frugal with my money, so much to the point that my own mother refers to me as a miser. If I end up needing something or needing to travel, somewhere, however, I work out how much I will need and manage money quite well wherever I am going. Money is quite an interesting concept, especially as you get older and your financial needs change.

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*Hi there, Aaron,

I found out I could get dual citizenship back when I was in college for the first time and I decided to do it, as I didn't know if I would need it in the future. Once I had the money for it, I convinced my mom to take me up to Calgary to help me get an American passport and down to Great Falls so I could get a Social Security Number. I know the economies aren't the best right now, but who knows what the future might bring and if the dual citizenship will someday be useful for my future plans?

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*Hi there Amanda,

There are several Bakers in Raymond and I am curious as to which ones you are related to now that you mention you have Bakers in your bloodline. I think, however, that Carol Dahl of Raymond might be your grandmother; is that correct? She is the only Dahl I know up there and she is an amazing lady. I have had many wonderful callings, but I have great faith that the best callings are yet to come! Do you travel to Raymond often to see your family?
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Even though I am not yet a wife or a mother, I sometimes feel like there is not enough of me to go around. However, I wouldn't wish for a clone, as I love how unique Heavenly Father made me and the abilities He gifted me with that I might be able to help others who need it. I would love an eternal helpmeet someday to make an even better person than I already am, but until I get one, I am happy to love myself as God made me.

Andrea, I am envious that you and your family have been able to travel so much and I hope you were able to make lots of wonderful memories during your trips. Can I ask how you book such affordable vacations?

Hi there, Leland! It's really cool that you enjoy books so much and I'm happy that we have something in common, as I myself am an avid bookworm and book collector. I enjoy going to thrift stores or used bookstores to see what treasures I can find because you can get so much more for your money there than you can at a big-box bookstore

Pathway, the third semester.

Beginning again is always fun, but this is math...I feel like running...

Anyway, I started out by reading an Orientation for Online Courses with Pathway and it was short, but very detailed. We can't use our calculators for the first four weeks and we have to memorize the multiplication tables from 1 through 15. I've never been good at extensive memorization.

I then made a nice little discussion post introducing myself and then went on to the syllabus before I watched the video. It is not an open book course, so I am very scared about that.

Brother Baird's video
1. We are taking the course to fulfill the mission of BYU-Idaho.
-Producing disciples...not scientists...
-develop in your character those things that would be most valuable to building up a kingdom.

2. Learn Math
-class is essential...designed so we need each other.
-Education is not just individual.
-"Education is first an individual matter and then a collective matter. It is something you are expected to act, to learn, to prepare, and then to share with others what you have done and then to ponder and think about those things that you have learned and be able to apply them."

I finally took the syllabus quiz and ended up taking it only twice, as it was a closed book quiz, before I got 100%. I then took the Orientation quiz three times before I got 100%

After that, I watched a video on Flash cards for multiplication.

I then worked on these timed worksheets of multiplication and addition, which I didn't do so badly on.


I spent like an hour and a half or so on all this and I still have to make flash cards.

The LAST Pathway gathering for this semester

Tonight was the LAST Pathway gathering for this semester and I miss it already!

The most important thing that I learned in this course was that writing helps me to really expand upon personal experiences and it helps me to also appreciate the way my mind is. Since I do have a disability similar to Asperger's, my mind is rather unique and through all the work I've had to do in this English course, and also in the first semester course, I have learned to appreciate the way my mind is constructed and how the things within my mind can come out and inspire other people to appreciate learning new things. I want very much to use my personal struggles and experiences to inspire others so that they can come to love learning and not take the freedom and the joy of learning for granted. In future courses, I hope to continue to appreciate the way my mind is and learn how I can inspire others with my uniqueness.