Comments on: Who Knew Tally Marks To Be Such A Comprehensive Subject?

By: Beverlydru

Beverlydru — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:22 +0000

I smiled all the way through this post. A psychologist once introduced me to a group with the words, “She turns everything upside down and somehow it all lands in exactly the right place.” However, my math teachers never appreciated my unique gift.

By: A Dozen « It be’s that way sometimes.

A Dozen « It be’s that way sometimes. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:44:58 +0000

[...] 22, 2009 in Uncategorized Hey, Antique Mommy, Sean’s tally marks of 6 would come in handy for this [...]

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:56:03 +0000

Ahhh, it’s a metaphor for life. We all like to do things “our” way. And, I still do. I actually vaguely remember my daughter doing it Sean’s way back in preschool and then she quickly switched when it was taught in school. So, don’t worry.

By: Jenny-Jenny

Jenny-Jenny — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:24:53 +0000

Great! I have an outside of the box thinker and at 16 she is becoming a great success in her life. Pretty sure I wasn’t as patient as you are. Working on that.

By: Paulla

Paulla — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:46:26 +0000

Great poem! And I’m with Bug (and Sean) – I used to think there should be five marks with one holding them together.

Come to think of it, I STILL think it should be like that. Tell Sean that if he decides to change it, for the whole world, I for one will be glad.

By: LauraLee@Selah

LauraLee@Selah — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:07:27 +0000

Oh my gooooodness, this sounds like my conversations with my middle one in regard to Math! Every. day. Today being one of them. I laughed out loud at your way of telling this story, and that’s a good thing today.

We need to find a time for that meeting, girl!

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:40:08 +0000

“. . .someone, somewhere, long, long ago, maybe even God. . .” Priceless, that is.

I, like Sean, agree that some numbers are “nicer” than others. For example, I prefer evens over odds, and when I was a child, I assigned each number 0-10 a gender, age, personality, and familial place based on their position on the number line. Go figure.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:38:24 +0000

I love your reaction to his creative math. Why not? Why fight about something as silly as tiny lines on a page? Let ‘em swim upstream–I totally agree:)

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:46:41 +0000

Love this! At least Sean will not be a follower.

I always said my son marched to the beat of a different drummer. Now his son is the same.(with a little stubbornness thrown in) Learning to tie his shoes he thought his way was just as good, just different. We let him go with those laces a knotted mess.
I’m betting it’s kids like these that are going to change the world…

By: Bill McNutt

Bill McNutt — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:38:55 +0000

I’m with Kathy – I got taught tallys by counting on my fingers. One tally was one hand. In fact, a tally was a fist. The fifth tally crosses the fingers.

Unless, of course, you hit like a girl. In that case, your thumb is inside your fist, and begging to get broken.

Bill