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Holy Moo Moo, how many times have you heard that question after you just taught the class how to multiply polynomials or how to graph a line using slope-intercept form? The answer is, in all honesty, NEVER. So what's the point? Why teach these kids something they'll never use unless they somehow get inspired to become an Algebra teacher at a local high school? It's a battle I fight everyday in my Algebra 1 classroom. One day this past week, I just broke down and told the students sitting in their cute little desks with their confused, beady white eyes, that...
Well, its Christmas Break still (excuse me while I do a little dance). I have finished my first semester of teaching. Over the past three weeks I have been pondering on what I can do differently in this new semester to help my students - or rather prevent myself from killing them. I'm already prepared to inform all of my new and returning students about my new expectations this semester: they should bow down to me! Just kidding. I teach a freshmen algebra class first thing in the morning. Yeah it's as bad as you're thinking. However, this class is close to...
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