My 13 yr old SPEED RACER is killing me with his nemesis ALGEBRA.
I mean it. I am literally in the mood to throw it out of our curriculum. I mean, he did get a C in the class last year.
Maybe, making him retake Algebra 1 this year was a torturous mistake for me.
We have TRIED EVERYTHING!
Abeka Algebra 1, he did last year, got BARELY a C. So I figured, no problem, we'll just do it this year, but use SAXON. Well, he cheated the first part of the year by using a calculator, sneaking the answer key. So...we restarted the SAXON, and I changed his entire curriculum to ACELLUS because with my new job, I didn't have time to sit with him and go over every problem and subject.
THEN...the MATH breakdown. He was stuck at C and D level with ACELLUS and SAXON. What the heck!!
BUT I WON'T GIVE UP.
Now with SAXON, we practice with CTCMATH, which he is doing great with. Problem is, when he WRITES the MATH PROBLEMS, he misses key steps.
IN COMES this great book, No-Nonsense Algebra. Thank GOD!
The reason I haven't hired a TUTOR is because the boy simply hates PRACTICING his math. It's not that he can't grasp the concepts, he is just too insistent on not doing the work. Ugh!
For just $21 it comes with problems and videos. We are using this along with SAXON.
It's going to be a long summer.
Very interesting. I am looking forward to seeing how No Nonsense Algebra works for the two of you. We used Teaching Textbooks, had some of the same issues you describe here.
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