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Math Is Not My Game

If seven times five is thirty-five Aunty C, Can forty minus five also thirty-five be? And what about five times seven and fifty minus fifteen? How can they all be thirty-five? What does it all mean? Not sure I said to the child. Math is not my game. I would rather be assigned coyotes to blame Some solve arithmetic problems, but I always fold. Geometry makes my literary blood run cold.

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Date: 1/20/2022 2:20:00 PM
i'm 100% with you, caren! i think many of us on the literary side just can't deal with math.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/20/2022 8:23:00 PM
I despise math. DESPISE it.
Date: 1/20/2022 1:24:00 PM
Caren, do they still teach the "GUZINTAS" in the third grade?????((also know as division .....you know....3 guzinta 9 three times and so on.....
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/20/2022 8:24:00 PM
They might. I have no idea John. When I hear the word Math I run like hell.
Date: 1/20/2022 11:00:00 AM
All roads lead to Rome -- but the journey is the difference. Excellent, profound write. You are a teacher indeed. Joe.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/20/2022 8:24:00 PM
I truly try to be Joe.
Date: 1/20/2022 8:45:00 AM
What a waste, I don't see. I never was good with math. But , I do know it helps my bankbook :) hehehe
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/20/2022 8:25:00 PM
I always tell the students who do not want to learn math, if you do not understand numbers you will not know if you are getting a big enough pay check. This does not interest them any more. They are all going to be U-tube millionaires.
Date: 1/20/2022 8:13:00 AM
May I add algebra to the list, Caren. I feel about the same way when it comes to math. In my humble opinion, what a waste of time! Oh, I know, I know, but....
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 1/20/2022 8:26:00 PM
Algebra, geometry, prealgebra, statistics - throw them down the river in paper bags!

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