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Ha ha no, it relates to my post from earlier.

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Feb 27 '19, 13:54

Obviously as adults we know that not everything we learn in school is used in real life, but 12 year olds have a different view because why spend time in a boring classroom when you could be doing something you like? "Why do I have to learn this? Why can't I use a calculator?" etc. Especially now we carry calculators around with us all the time.

What a good teacher should do is show that there's a path from learning to career success that is a bit more robust than the typical good grades -> college -> job.

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I remember when someone asked "how would someone use polynomials in the real world?", and the math teacher's response was "you can use it to measure

Roger More (aka RogerMore) Feb 27 '19, 08:09

how much slack there will be when you string up a telephone wire between two telephone poles" Thanks for that inspirational career advice, Mr Hamlett.

In response to Anniebecca: "Answer: I'll never use this in the real world."

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