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Old Fri Mar 16, 2007, 07:38am
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Originally Posted by Junker
Along these lines....I teach 5th graders. Every day we start with a "word of the day" to help build vocabulary. Today's word was Bracketology and following that we spent about 15 minutes explaining how to make picks. I do this every year with my kids. Some years they get more into it than others. I guess I enjoy it and that's all that really counts. Just like on the court, it's all about me.
I actually ran a pool last year with my high school students. No money involved. The prize for beating me was a few extra points on the next exam.
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