Dad's math book makes the grade

Some parents pitch in with homework when kids get bad grades in math. Nicholas Aggor literally wrote the book.

The Riverview engineer was so distressed when sons Samuel, 14, and Joshua, 13, brought home bad marks, he took it upon himself to rewrite their textbooks chapter by chapter.

Four years later, they are in advanced classes and the Ghana native's pet project has become a passion that's produced a math curriculum for grades kindergarten to nine -- 14 books in all. And soon, it may not be just his kids whose grades are improving.

Dad's math book makes the grade (The Detroit News, 20 July 2007)

Hat tip: deVille

Red in tooth and claw, and sometimes blue of tongue

When I blogged about this last fall, some of you came right out and accused me of lying (in e-mail; no one was brave enough to attack me in the comments here in my own "house.")

Well, now I've got proof: Mister Gato is trying to teach the Chows to catch mice.

We bat him around some now, right?

Yep, Gato got another mouse last night, and immediately brought it over to teach the Chows how to be better mousers.

I got a picture this time.