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Jim Beard

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10. I am bad at math, really and I will tell my grand kids but they will also be told

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:25 PM

Apr 2016

why and how they can learn to enjoy it.

Not until way late in life did I finally heard an instructor say something that really changed my way of looking at a math problem.

That simple statement was this is the problem but we will give you CLUES to help you solve the problem. So simple but it was just something I could not connect.

Yes I am bad at math.

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Stop telling kids you’re bad at math. You are spreading math anxiety ‘like a virus.’ [View all] HuckleB Apr 2016 OP

The corporate world is not immune whatthehey Apr 2016 #1

It's amazing how many people don't understand those concepts, even with higher education. HuckleB Apr 2016 #2

Terminology is all important. TexasTowelie Apr 2016 #3

As a child that kind of terminology always annoyed me. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #5

But think how it improved your use of English muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #6

Hey, you were a smart kid. TexasTowelie Apr 2016 #7

Yeah, that's just bad marketing. HuckleB Apr 2016 #8

How can learning basic maths be fun? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #16

I though the clues was great Jim Beard Apr 2016 #11

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One should quantify what percentage of the public does that Albertoo Apr 2016 #9

Ok. Still, don't do it. HuckleB Apr 2016 #13

I am bad at math, really and I will tell my grand kids but they will also be told Jim Beard Apr 2016 #10

I've told my kids a hundred times, its like anything you have to learn bhikkhu Apr 2016 #12

GDP is around the corner to the left bigwillq Apr 2016 #14

The lack of response to this OP is scary. HuckleB Apr 2016 #15

Why are you complaining--- trumad Apr 2016 #17

Stop spreading internet post anxiety The2ndWheel Apr 2016 #18