Thursday, June 25, 2009

Measurable Improvement

My Grade 7 Math pupil stopped by a few minutes ago to tell me his final Math mark for the term: 81%! That's after having marks in the mid-60s for each of the first two terms. Apparently his dad now owes him an iPod (I guess the deal was, "Get your Math mark up to 80% or better, and I'll buy you one!") Which, I pointed out to the student, means that his dad has now paid quite a bit of money (between my fee and the new toy) in pursuit of getting that Math grade improved!

Anyway, I'm grading this first Math tutoring experience a solid A, since a 15% improvement over the course of just two and a half months has to count for something!

1 comment:

Vicki said...

Very very nice work.