Today, Jose will review the steps that he needs to go through in order to solve equations. Here are the goals for solving the equation:
*Simplify the equation as much as you can (only simplify if doing so will make it easier to manipulate the number).
*Make sure that the variable (for example, x) is by itself on one side of the equation.
*Make sure that the variable remains on the numerator.
*What are different ways to write X? X*1 = X and X/1 = X So.....if you ever have a situation where you are multiplying by a number by a fraction, it might ehlp to write your number as a fraction as well. For example, 5*(1/3) could be rewritten as (5/1)*(1/3) = 5/3!

When Amy comes home from college

*These are the things that Jose will talk to Amy about.

1. How was your first year?
2. How did you like living away from home?
3. How did you like your roomate?
4. Where will you live next year? Who with?
5. How many credits did you take this quarter? How many will you take next  quarter?
6. Have you decided on a major yet? If not, which ones are you considering?
7. How was the food on campus? 
8. What was your favorite class? What was your least favorite class?
9. What was the name of your favorite professor? How smart was he/she?
10. What do I need to do in order to get this 'college education'? Do you think that working hard in school BEFORE going to college was worth it now? Or should I just stop now and consider selling hot dogs at a hot dog stand?

5/6/09: The day after Cinco de Mayo

*Today Jose didn't have any homework. However, Diego had plenty of multiplication problems for him!
*Jose learned how to work with proportions: He took fractions and turned them into decimals.
*Specifically, he found three things:

1. If the numerator is greater than the denominator then the decimal is greater than 1.
2. If the denominator is greater than the numerator, then the decimal is smaller than 1.
3. If the numerator is the same value as the denominator, the number is exactly equal to 1.