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While listening to “Morning Edition” on National Public Radio awhile ago, I heard a report about self-esteem in the workplace, and how Gen-Xers need constant praise for the simplest of accomplishments in order to feel [...]
(Continued from the previous three posts.)
What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 1)
What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 2)
What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 3)
the reader replied to my answer:
thank you professor for answering all of my future qustions, but u never answered my old answer though. What happens if [...]
(Continued from the previous two posts.)
What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 1)
What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 2)
the reader replied to my answer:
thank you, that really help me but all the jobs your listed are basic math i can do that in my head. But the schools are teaching me alot [...]
“When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school
It’s a wonder I can think at all.”
- Paul Simon “Kodachrome”
(Continued from previous post.)
What if I Fail 9th Grade Math? (Part 1)
the reader replied to my answer:
Dear Professor Homunculus,
remember me my teacher sucks he doesn’t teach.But i am not a lazy sob student [...]
In 2000 an 2001, I was an “expert” on a website that helped kids with math problems. Most of them concerned problems they were having in school.
I’d like to publish some of the exchanges I had with some of the kids. I must mention some “warnings,” though.
These questions were asked by real kids, struggling [...]
Do you want to understand and be able to multiply in order to:
a) help you (or your child) with life in general and the education that counts, or
b) just help you (or your child) pass the next math test?
If your answer was b, you just saved yourself some time and effort for the next few [...]