I have no where else to post this so forgive me, I'm just a proud father.
I'm a single dad. I have full custody and have had it since she was 3 when her mother decided parties were more fun.
When she was 4 she asked me to do an all nighter. I smiled and figured I could make popcorn and watch Disney until midnight when she would inevitably pass out. Instead, she chose to do a 1st graders workbook. I had the privilege of teaching her the intricacies of simple addition and subtraction. 5+5 and 7-2. Things like that. She ended up doing 20 pages by 1 am
Fast forward to today. She is in 2nd grade and I was called into a meeting with her teacher. He is a good dude. He didn't know what to do because on one hand, she was super wiggly during math time and distracted the other kids. On the other she consistently got 100% on her worksheets. 2nd grade in my area typically teaches long addition and subtraction. 523+432 or 420-179.
When prodded, she told us that she was bored. And that she taught herself "mystery math". We know this as pre algebra. She was so bored in 2nd grade she taught herself questions like 20+a=49, a=?
Her teacher has made worksheets specifically for her and while she completes them in the same amount of time, she gets about an 85% average. She is finally challenged in education.
Sorry is this isnt the place. I'm a proud drunk father. She wants to be an engineer or a geologist
Raising em right! I don't think I would even show my kids any Disney film after the late 90's. Some would even argue the 90's Golden ere was trash propaganda and Disney had already lost their way.
Good for you man! Math is supreme knowledge. I could never master or get into it. Barely made it through college algebra with it's bullshit fake numbers. I had to relate it all back to computer parts and equipment for me to remember it all lol.
Frozen 1 and 2 were the correct ways to teach women empowerment in my opinion. They are the only post 90s disney movies that I like.
My kids favorite movie is the 40s Dumbo however. I have no idea why but that's her favorite and she is convinced Dumbo is a girl because of the eyelashes.
I 100% disagree on Frozen; "no right, no wrong, no rules for me, I'm free" - not in my house.
And Dumbo is amazing. Also one of the least racist movies ever made. Think about it - why do the other elephants discriminate against Dumbo? His ears. And what's the difference between Asian and African elephants? The ears. All of the female elephants are Asian elephants. Dumbo is an African Elephant. This is backed up by some context clues too. Dumbo's real name is Jumbo Jr. There was indeed a famous circus elephant around the turn of the century named Jumbo - an African elephant.
And Dumbo doesn't realize his full potential until he meets with the crows, who - aside from Timothy - are the only ones to end up taking him seriously or treating him with compassion.