As you know, I teach math to all the fourth graders. Well, during lunch today a student, representing several girls, asked me, "Mrs. Jagla, can someone be a quarter Mexican?"
"Yes." I responded as she looked at her group. Then I explained, "My dad is Mexican, but my mom is..."
"Americana." She interrupted.
"Right. So, that makes me 1/2 Mexican. My daughters and son's dad is Americano, so my children are each 1/4 (a quarter) Mexican."
Her response, "Mrs. Jagla, you just turned family into math and math into family."
I love it when students make real-life connections to math! :)
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