FedUp Mom on emotional vs academic problems

FedUp Mom writes:

I am thoroughly skeptical of the ability of "experts" to determine whether a child's problem is emotional or academic.

Our Younger Daughter was refused admission to a LD school on the grounds that her problems were "emotional and behavioral, not academic." After a year of a great deal of academic work on our parts, guess what -- no more emotional or behavioral problems on her part.

It turned out that her emotional problems were caused by underlying academic problems. Basically, she wasn't learning how to read, which caused anxiety, which caused bad behavior.

Right.

how to remember

FedUpMom on remembering area vs circumference:

I had the following brainstorm at an embarrassingly advanced age:

For a long time, I knew there were two formulas that were somehow relevant to circles, namely 2πr and πr², but I could never remember which one was area and which one was circumference.

I finally realized that  πr² must be the formula for area, because area is described in square units. 

Tell your kids.

FedUpMom on multiplying by 10

I have just this moment figured out that FedUpMom has a blog!

This has been a difficult year.

A difficult couple of years, actually.

Nowhere to go but up-----