Re: math collaboration

[sbrisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

Thanks for the insight to this book.  I'm making out an order for books
today and I'll include it.

I may also ask my 17-year old to read it soon.  He started his first job
this summer as a grocery associate (sacking groceries) at a local store.
After his first day at the job, he came home hot, tired, and looked
miserable.  I wanted to laugh, but instead I asked him how his first day of
work went.

He said, "Work sucks!"

I then reminded him that he probably should continue in those AP classes
next fall, so he could attend college, get a degree in computer technology
and have that nice, cushy desk-job that all 18-year-olds want right out of
high school.

Oh, the jobs that make us set higher goals....(I'm still looking for my
nice, cushy job!) *grin*

~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin/Jeri Calcote" <calcote@COX-INTERNET.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 7:53 PM
Subject: math collaboration


> I just finished reading Nickle and Dimed (and "Not" Getting By in =
> America) by Barbara Ehrenreich. Every librarian in a junior high or high =
> school should recommend this book to their math teachers and even social =
> studies teachers. It brings home the point that you really do need to =
> stay in school because it's hard to make ends meet out there in those =
> low-wage jobs. It also offers a scathing review of work at Wal-Mart.
>
> It also gives rise to several topics kids could research in the library =
> relative to work life that could relate to math.
>
> Jeri Calcote
> Poolville (Texas)  ISD
> calcote@cox-internet.com
>
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