Today was the first day for the students after their winter break, and I was back at Ypsilanti High. The students were having a hard time settling down to work, for the most part. Most of them wanted to catch up with friends, and a lot of them were tired - like me, when they don't have to get up at 6 a.m., they generally don't, so getting up early again will take some getting used to.
In Mr. Ambrose's physics class, he started out with a worksheet that they did together, to get their memories refreshed. They're currently working with the concepts of work and energy, and tomorrow they'll be doing a lab - it's a pity I'll be missing that, labs are fun.
In Ms. Colwell's class, they're getting into quadratic equations. They've seen parabolas before, and have had some exposure to quadratics, but now they're getting into them in more depth, including the ubiquitous quadratic formula we all know and love. They had a short lesson, then time for homework. Some of them needed to be kind of coaxed into at least doing a few problems, since they just didn't feel like working. I helped out several of them get started - once the work gets started, it doesn't look quite so intimidating.
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