Quite frankly, algebra was never my strongest subject in school. However, I have lately had to brush up on my learning in order to teach it to my dear friend, Manda. She's picking it up so much faster than I thought anyone could. (Go Manda!!) We've been spending about two hours twice a week learning how to make 2(4x + 5) - |-12| equal to 22. (Got that?) Then afterwards, we sit around and talk for a while.
Today I went over and we learned how to find the radius, the diameter, the area and the circumference of a circle. Covering lots of ground. Then I went swimming with Manda. It wasn't actually swimming. It was more like freezing for a few minutes and then leaning on the side of the pool to soak up the sun. We were doing great for a while, relaxing that way, until the little guys drove us out with their splashing. Then of course, we moved on towards the patio to dry off and soak up some more sunlight. I watched as Manda fed the fish in their pond and then Elise came out to chat for a while. A game of slapjack. A song on the piano. A lunch of chicken burgers. (Great stuff, by the way.) A swing in the hammock. It was a very relaxing math lesson. |
You have to make X=3.