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| Greg Madux |
Happy New Year! Yes we are back at it and working away!!
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| Tom Glavine |
Last week was a very exciting week in Baseball, especially for Atlanta Braves Baseball! Both Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first try! That is exciting and Maddux had 97.2% of the vote (I would have given him 100% of the vote) and Glavine had 91.9% (Math is everywhere!) - that's 555 out of 571 ballots voted for Maddux. I have seen both of these pitchers pitch and they are INCREDIBLE! Also, I have a white jersey just like the one that Maddux is wearing in this picture (picture on the right).. and it is way cool!
Why do I share this with you? - besides it being such an exciting news story - I share this with you because when I read about Greg Maddux and what others say I think of my students ... because others have said things like how humble he was/is, how easy going, a hard worker, dedicated, helpful and so on.. what makes this a big deal is that I hope people will say this about each of you - my students - and that others will think of you in a similar manner!
You get to decide how people view you. You can work hard and be respectful or be lazy and do the least amount of work that you can.. but wouldn't you rather have people think good things about you vs. bad? I am sure you would rather be thought of as Greg Maddux than perhaps some other players who were not elected into the hall of fame.
Back to math! Math group A will be working on simplifying fractions and taking a test next week, Math group B1 will also be working on simplifying fractions and taking their test either Friday or Tuesday, while Math group B2 is finishing up integers and have their test on this Friday!
The first semester is almost up.. I have told students that they will have until January 24th to turn in all work that they would like to redo or tests that they would like to retake.. don't rush get that work fixed NOW!
Remember, you are amazing and wonderful people with great things ahead of you!!
Mr. Rott
