I remember the first time the teacher mention division and my classmates magically knew what that meant and how to do it!! It took my father days to give me a glimmer of an understanding. The good part was, I had so much trouble understanding math and spent so much time practicing, it stuck with me.
When I was in high school I told my algebra teacher I wasn’t going to need it for anything. About twenty five years later and I still don’t need algebra!
Jason would make a good engineer. Engineers will argue for days over how something will turn out when a 5 minute experiment would demonstrate it immediately.
When I went to HS, I wanted general math. The nuns at the Catholic school changed it to Algebra because I was taking Spanish. Seriously, that’s what they said. I never did figure out the connection. And, of course, the nuns were next to God, so I was stuck with it which led to Geometry. Didn’t do well in either one. That explains my checkbook! :)
Isn’t Paige only a Freshman in High School? I didn’t think Trig was taught that early- I didn’t have it until I was a Junior in HS (late 1960’s) and that was the class for the smarter kids (not Advanced Placement or “Honors”, but still the upper end). Actually I did fine with Geometry on; Freshman Algebra was the hardest one and I realized years later it was because of the teacher: most of the class was older students who had already flunked it 2 or 3 times, and he just assumed everyone there was going to flunk and didn’t really care much (I didn’t flunk).
I used Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry every so often all through my work years (federal land management) and always enjoyed it then, and I still use them on occasion in simple landscaping around the yard, so I’d say they were useful (and always a good way to impress others). Actually, high school and college math were never as hard as my 6th Grade teacher threatened they would be!
Adiraiju over 6 years ago
Panel 3 sums up what all those math problems looked like to me in high school.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 6 years ago
I remember the first time the teacher mention division and my classmates magically knew what that meant and how to do it!! It took my father days to give me a glimmer of an understanding. The good part was, I had so much trouble understanding math and spent so much time practicing, it stuck with me.
zodismoon over 6 years ago
When I was in high school I told my algebra teacher I wasn’t going to need it for anything. About twenty five years later and I still don’t need algebra!
DanFlak over 6 years ago
Jason would make a good engineer. Engineers will argue for days over how something will turn out when a 5 minute experiment would demonstrate it immediately.
trivers over 6 years ago
When I went to HS, I wanted general math. The nuns at the Catholic school changed it to Algebra because I was taking Spanish. Seriously, that’s what they said. I never did figure out the connection. And, of course, the nuns were next to God, so I was stuck with it which led to Geometry. Didn’t do well in either one. That explains my checkbook! :)
WF11 over 6 years ago
Isn’t Paige only a Freshman in High School? I didn’t think Trig was taught that early- I didn’t have it until I was a Junior in HS (late 1960’s) and that was the class for the smarter kids (not Advanced Placement or “Honors”, but still the upper end). Actually I did fine with Geometry on; Freshman Algebra was the hardest one and I realized years later it was because of the teacher: most of the class was older students who had already flunked it 2 or 3 times, and he just assumed everyone there was going to flunk and didn’t really care much (I didn’t flunk).
WF11 over 6 years ago
I used Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry every so often all through my work years (federal land management) and always enjoyed it then, and I still use them on occasion in simple landscaping around the yard, so I’d say they were useful (and always a good way to impress others). Actually, high school and college math were never as hard as my 6th Grade teacher threatened they would be!
Teto85 Premium Member over 6 years ago
That is also the sine of 30º