email to the math chair

Hi XXX ---

I believe the Phase 4 course for 8th grade will be using Dressler’s Mathematics A — is that right?

If so, I’m wondering whether the department could order a copy of the Teacher’s Manual for me, ISBN: 1567655475. I’ll happily pay for it.

I’d order it myself, but AMSCO doesn’t sell to parents, which means either I’ll have to round up a teacher friend to order it for me, as I did for Integrated Mathematics, or spend hours Xeroxing the copy my neighbor owns, which is the only copy that’s been available on Alibris in 6 months, or have Ed use his NYU stationary to make the purchase after cooking up a story about why a history professor needs a high school mathematics Teacher’s Manual.

I’m under deadline with my book, and I’d really like to be able to put the bulk of my time into that. Last winter I lost a morning of work tracking down the answer key for the State Test Prep book, talking to two different customer reps, providing Irvington school information in order to prove that I qualified for a school discount, awaiting return calls, etc. That is far too much time. (The Triumph test prep books are fantastic, by the way. I ordered one for all 3 middle grades – wonderful.)

I would really appreciate it if the department could simply place the order, or authorize me to do so, whichever is easier.

I plan to preteach some of the Math A course this summer, and for that I need the manual. This is important to Christopher’s learning of mathematics in Irvington Middle School.

Thanks!

Catherine Johnson
xxx.xxxx


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