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When are we ever going to use this? >>

Julia

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...

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