Lots O' Math and Money Management

This is a very cute photo I took last week of Tim tutoring Tasia and Daniel. This was right after Pastor John walked up and saw they were working on Calculus and said, “Oh, baby, yeah!!!” Really? He gets that excited over math? I love the looks on Tasia’s and Daniel’s faces in this photo.

Today Tim worked with the Juniors in ACT prep. Taylor and Maranda raved about his teaching and they teased him mercilessly about a drawing he did on the board. I’m sure the drawing had to do with math. . . I didn’t get to see it, but it must have been hilarious.

The Seniors did a little quiz called “Are You a Teenage Money Genius?” It helped us to see what they know and don’t know about personal money management. It was interesting: they didn’t know what it means to “pay yourself first,” but they were pretty well informed about debit cards. Nick told a funny story about how his bank account grew in the year that his debit card was lost. When he finally found the card (in his car), he went to the bank and discovered all of the money he had earned from his work teaching snowboarding at Snoqualmie.

There was little bit of judgment in the room about one of the students who wants to buy new rims for his car. Hmmmm. . .wants verses needs. . .

Carla really enjoyed her time at Starbucks headquarters last week. She said she learned so much. I want her to get a job at Starbucks. She’d be great!

We did our binder check today – thanks to Jamie for doing that for us! Again, I repeat my mantra: please encourage the students to take Cornell notes in class. They are really slacking right now.