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Happy Child, Great Career and a

Promising Future

The reality about your child’s future, might

shock you!

Happy Child, Great Career and a Promising

Future

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• Your child’s chances of survival in this new economy

• The deadly truth about your child’s future

• How your child is at risk

• How you can prevent these risks

• Solutions on how to change your child’s future

• A word from our sponsor

The New Economy

• The economy is going through the most drastic change in 60 years

• Not a phase or a trend but a new way of life

• Your family, child’s career and future…are ALL at risk

What is this new economy?

• The age of a SURE income or job after high school is over

• More businesses are outsourcing

• Employers now have the choice to select the best candidate for a job from anywhere in the world

• Your child might be left UNEMPLOYED

What is currently happening?

• Unemployment rates for high school graduates has INCREASED from 17.5% in 2007 to 29.9% in 2012

• Underemployment rates

for high school graduates has INCREASED from 29.4% in 2007 to 51.5% in 2012

51.5%

21.9% 29.4%

17.5%

Source: Economic Policy Institute

What about the dropouts?

30% of the Unemployed are High School Dropout

30%

It gets worst...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice • 56% of federal inmates are

dropouts • 67% of state inmates are

dropouts • 69% of local jail inmates are

dropouts

Crime committed by prisoners

• 1 violent crime every 22 seconds • 1 robbery every 1.3 minutes • 1 rape every 5.8 minutes • 1 murder every 34 minutes

Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1996 FBI Uniform Crime Report 2000

Who do criminals ATTACK?

• Women and girls are usually raped or assaulted

• The Elderly is usually robbed,

assaulted or murdered

• Men are usually robbed, assaulted or murdered

Should you be worried?

Should you worried about your child dropping out of high school?

The answer is YES.

Dropout Breakdown…

• 1.3 million high school students dropout per year

• 3,562 students drop out per day

• 148 students drop out per hour

• 3 students drop out per minute

Source: Education Week

Is your child at risk?

There is a high possibility

that your child might commit

a crime and end up in prison

if they dropout of high

school.

More about dropouts…

• Dropouts are 20 times more likely to end up in prison or jail than a college graduate.

(Sum, Khatiwada, & McLaughlin, 2009)

• Earnings for students who quit school continue to decline: in 1971, male dropouts earned an estimated $37,087, which decreased by 35% to $23,902 in 2002.

(Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

Summary so far…

• 30% of dropouts are UNEMPLOYED. • Dropouts are 20 times more likely to

end up in prison or jail than a

college school graduate. (Sum, Khatiwada, & McLaughlin, 2009)

• Dropouts who commit crime, hurt people like you and me. They also hurt innocent people like children .

• 1.3 million high school students dropout per year.

(Image courtesy FreeDigitalPhotos.net)

Is your family at risk?

What would happen to your family if your child drops out and become a criminal?


Did you know?

Failure in Algebra is the #1 trigger of dropouts in high school (Helfand,

2007)

Yes it starts within the classroom.

More information

• 70% of students who don’t pass Algebra by the 9th grade drop out.

(The California Dropout Research Project, 2008 )

• There is a clear link between Dropping out and Algebra


Students Performance in Algebra

61% of First Time Algebra students receive D or F. After repeating Algebra 75% receive F.

Reminder

• 1.3 million high school students dropout per year.

• 3,562 students drop out per

day. • 148 students drop out per

hour. • 3 students drop out per

minute . Source: Education Week

How did your child perform?

What was your child’s grade in Algebra?


Not “IF” but “WHEN”

• Clearly your child is at risk of dropping out.

• Statistically, it is not a question of “IF” your child will drop out but “WHEN”.


What are your options?

Give up on your child Do nothing Find out more about why your child is failing Algebra Get a plan

Why do kids fail?

• Most children fail because of Math Anxiety.

• Math Anxiety is when a

child has a fear of math

• It interferes with your child’s mind and prevents them from concentrating in math classes.

Math Anxiety

• Makes your child believe that they are incapable of doing math

• Causes your child to have negative attitudes towards math

• Creates fear of answering question in class incorrectly

Math Anxiety

• Causes your child to worry about what their peers will say if they give a wrong answer

• Makes your child unable to sit and focus in math classes

• Makes your child feel embarrassed and frustrated

More Information

• If a child has Math Anxiety it is also more likely that he/she might have Test and Social anxiety as well. (Perina, 2002)

• Students who have Math Anxiety are less likely to continue working on a problem if they fail to understand it the first time

Source: Liberty University

When does the symptoms start?


• Some students experience Math Anxiety as early as third or forth grade

(Jackson & Leffingwell 1999)

• Most math anxiety occurs in middle

school when students experience social pressures

(Perina, 2002)

Causes…

• Poor test grades. • Inability to complete difficult

assignments. • Negative attitude towards math by

Parents. • Negative attitude towards math by

Teachers.


Causes…

• Complicated math books that are difficult to understand.

• Lack of motivation. • Children see their parents having a job

and doing well without math so they believe that they can do the same.


Harsh Reality

• Most employers are requiring that candidates have great reasoning and logical thinking skills that can ONLY be developed through math

• Most blue collar jobs are requiring employees to have reasoning skills

• HINT: Not because you(PARENTS) got a job without math means that your child will

More Causes

• Gender biases: Many teachers promote the false idea that females cannot perform as well in math as males(Jackson & Leffingwell 1999)

• Explain-Practice-Memorise approach cause students to lose interest …teachers need to be more creative

• Teachers insisting that there is only one correct way to answer a problem

• Students have a misconception that they must do math quickly; this speed causes nervousness

What do you think?

• Is it possible that your child might be experiencing Math Anxiety?

There is Hope

A research was done on effects of humour on math anxiety and test performance by researchers at Western Carolina University, University of Iowa and Western Michigan University.

Research

• In the research, 3 sets of students where asked to sit a math test.

• They were all told that it was a

difficult math test. • Group A was given funny

cartoon to read before the math test

• Group B was given poems to read before the math test

• Group C did the math test without being given anything

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What about their state of Anxiety?

The group exposed to the cartoons had LESS anxiety than the other groups

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Humour, Jokes and Laughter

Through humour, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers and once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be you can survive. -Bill Cosby

What really happened?

• The humorous cartoons created

a positive state that was incompatible with anxiety.

• The brain was temporarily free

from interference by anxiety so it was able to focus on the math problems and find solutions

Sample Cartoon

More solutions for Math Anxiety

• Have a positive attitude towards math and encourage your child that he/she can do it.

• Help your child with difficult math problems by

breaking them down into simpler steps. • Ensure that your child know the basics. Learning math

is a building block process, one step builds on another • Make sure that the textbook your child is reading is

simple and in a language that they understand

More solutions for Math Anxiety

• Make math fun, simple and cool • Talk to your child about Math Anxiety and help

them to overcome it • Motivate your child to continue trying after getting

a math problem incorrect

Summary so far

• 30% of unemployed are dropouts • Dropouts are 20 times more likely to end up in jail

than a college graduate • 1.3 million high school students dropout per year • Failure in Algebra is the #1 trigger of dropouts

Summary so far

• 70% of students who don’t pass Algebra by 9th

grade dropout • Math Anxiety is one of the main reasons for

Algebra failure. • Humour helps math anxiety.

So what do you think?

• Do you agree that ensuring that your child’s Algebra grade improves should be a priority?

• You would also agree that your child cannot avoid Algebra if they want a promising future.

• You would also agree that the best way to help your child to succeed is to remove Math Anxiety with cartoons and humour.

Another important question

After learning the truth about

your child’s future and knowing that it is not a question of “if” but “when” they will dropout.

Would you agree that you are now

more concerned about your child’s Algebra Grade?

Humour and Cartoon

After learning that humour and

cartoons helps to remove Math Anxiety and opens the mind for learning and problem solving you are now wondering how you can include humour and cartoon in math.

What about books?

Do you think a fun book that teaches math with humour and cartoons will help your child to do better at math?

What about a cartoon?

Do you think that a cartoon program that teaches math in a fun way will help your child to do better at math?

If “Yes” you need to find the right book or program?

What you should look for in a math book or program? • It must have humour, cartoons and

jokes • It must explain math terms in a simple

way • It must breakdown difficult steps into

simple steps • It must provide RESULTS

Where can you find them?

• You can ask your child’s

teacher • You can ask your friends • You can check the internet • You can check the yellow

pages

Where can you find the BEST math books

• If you are looking for the

best math program for your child, then you will want to continue reading for a few minutes.

• You will learn how your child will get the best Algebra Program available today.

There is only one place…

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• There is only one place

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• A community that genuinely cares about your child’s performance.

Why Math is Supercool is so excellent?

A little history: • Math is Super Cool’s co-founder, Peta-Gaye Reid,

while volunteering at a Children’s Home had realised her passion. While teaching the children math, she realised the problems most of the children were facing and why they were getting failing grades.

• After discovering their problems, she applied a strategy that helped their grades to improve.

• She subsequently wrote a book using those same strategies to help children around the world.

• After publishing her book she was shocked at the wonderful reviews that parents and children left about her book. And so, she continued to write to help more children around the world to achieve their dreams and get their first A in Algebra.

Peta-Gaye Reid Math is Supercool

Co-Founder

Why Math is Supercool is so excellent?

A little history: • Math is Super Cool’s co-founder, Peta-Gaye Reid,

while volunteering at a Children’s Home had realised her passion. While teaching the children math, she realised the problems most of the children were facing and why they were getting failing grades.

• After discovering their problems, she applied a

strategy that helped their grades to improve. • She subsequently wrote a book using those same

strategies to help children around the world. Peta-Gaye Reid

Math is Supercool Co-Founder

What did she do?

• After realising that teaching math was her true

passion she quit her day job to focused on her true passion.

• She started to investigate the psychology behind

children failing math and the impact of failing algebra.

• She also wanted to know how she could improve her

books so more children could pass Algebra. • She realised that the lack of motivation, anxiety and

being uninterested were reasons why children were failing; therefore, she included strategies in her books to prevent these problems from occurring.


Co-Founder

She did not stop there…

• She created a website which helps children to perform

well at math and created fun and humorous power-point slides which parents and children can use for motivation.

• Math is supercool is now a growing community with many children getting their first A in Algebra and changing the direction of their futures.


Co-Founder

She saw the need…

• Peta-Gaye saw a need for others just like herself to have the same opportunity to live their dreams and be happy.

• So she tailored the skills she have learnt and the discoveries found during research in a program that create a unique experience while learning math.

• A new, fun and exciting way that provides results.


Co-Founder

A program for the entire family

• One of the few math program that includes

humour and cartoons to ensure that your child succeed.

• Provides motivation so that your child

continue trying until they get the correct answer.

• Explain math terms in a simple way. • Breaks down difficult concepts into simple

steps.

A program for the entire family

• Provides practice questions that are based

on what was explained to prevent confusion. • Encourages your child to have a positive

attitude towards math. • Teaches math in a simple language that your

child understands(NO DIFFICULT MATH JARGONS).

• Removes all complexities in math. • Provides RESULTS.

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What are children saying?

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