Comments on: Better Buddy System http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2006/01/12/better-buddy-system/ Code and Recreations of Xan Gregg Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:38:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: xan http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2006/01/12/better-buddy-system/comment-page-1/#comment-159 xan Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:36:26 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=88#comment-159 The point of any such system is to provide a quick check so the teacher can decide if it's necessary to call roll. So as long as you identify that <em>somebody</em> is missing, it will trigger the roll call. However, lining up is a bit of trouble and having each student remember two buddies is probably too much to depend on... The point of any such system is to provide a quick check so the teacher can decide if it’s necessary to call roll. So as long as you identify that somebody is missing, it will trigger the roll call.

However, lining up is a bit of trouble and having each student remember two buddies is probably too much to depend on…

]]> By: pat http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2006/01/12/better-buddy-system/comment-page-1/#comment-158 pat Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:47:34 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=88#comment-158 I guess as long as you keep lining them up in a chain as kids are found you are safe. I still would go with the circle, so the first and last are not dependent on one set of eyes. or are you advocating that the kids stay in the chain, like you see with first graders walking through the city? I guess as long as you keep lining them up in a chain as kids are found you are safe. I still would go with the circle, so the first and last are not dependent on one set of eyes.

or are you advocating that the kids stay in the chain, like you see with first graders walking through the city?

]]> By: pat http://www.forthgo.com/blog/2006/01/12/better-buddy-system/comment-page-1/#comment-157 pat Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:38:47 +0000 http://www.forthgo.com/blog/?p=88#comment-157 but what if the last two students in the chain go missing? The third from last will report the second from last as missing, but the poor last kid will be in trouble. Well, I guess, if they find the second to last kid, he can then report that the last kid is missing. But he may be too shaken to remember under the circumstances. And, what if they find the last kid first, who wasn't even reported as missing. That could really confuse things. Would it help if they lined up in a circle? I guess not, because if three in a row go missing, the middle guy won't be reported, which is also a problem in the basic chain. Maybe they could just do a roll call to quickly isolate the exact identities of the missing? I think I may regret hitting submit on this one. but what if the last two students in the chain go missing? The third from last will report the second from last as missing, but the poor last kid will be in trouble. Well, I guess, if they find the second to last kid, he can then report that the last kid is missing. But he may be too shaken to remember under the circumstances. And, what if they find the last kid first, who wasn’t even reported as missing. That could really confuse things.

Would it help if they lined up in a circle? I guess not, because if three in a row go missing, the middle guy won’t be reported, which is also a problem in the basic chain.

Maybe they could just do a roll call to quickly isolate the exact identities of the missing?

I think I may regret hitting submit on this one.

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