Caulfield: I wonder: do they play ping ping in Pago Pago? Do doorbells go dong dong in Bora Bora?
Mrs. Olsen: I wonder why I don't have your math homework.
Caulfield: Fractions just don't seem like something I'll use the rest of my life.
I taught Introductory Statistics for a few years and I always began the course telling the students: “You’re now going to learn the most useful mathematics you’ve had since you took arithmetic”.
Japanese has a plethora of descriptive double words like this. Barabara is rattle; patapata is flapping; hisohiso is whispering; buchibuchi is ripping, and the list goes on. Note: these repeating words are not only for sounds, but for other types of adjectives as well.
He’ll get real interested in fractions as soon as he realizes that the fraction of your nominal salary that you actually take home is a major factor in your well-being.
Manhunter808 over 11 years ago
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Varnes over 11 years ago
Caufield…you spend half of your time harassing your teachers…..Dude, your busted…
Varnes over 11 years ago
BTW, Jeff, isn’t it time for a new teacher or two? Come on man….
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
fractions are useful when sharing a pizza, or mileage, time, speed equations during driving.
archipelago Premium Member over 11 years ago
If two apples cost $1, how much will 3 apples cost? That’s algebra. And fractions. Both are useful in real life.
South2North over 11 years ago
I taught Introductory Statistics for a few years and I always began the course telling the students: “You’re now going to learn the most useful mathematics you’ve had since you took arithmetic”.
rshive over 11 years ago
Didn’t Jack Benny once do a joke about having beri beri in Walla Walla?
Zaristerex over 11 years ago
Japanese has a plethora of descriptive double words like this. Bara bara is rattle; pata pata is flapping; hiso hiso is whispering; buchi buchi is ripping, and the list goes on. Note: these repeating words are not only for sounds, but for other types of adjectives as well.
prrdh over 11 years ago
I think today’s strip is just so so.
Piksea Premium Member over 11 years ago
Oh, you’ll use them at least 1/10 of the time, don’t you think?
rugeirn over 11 years ago
He’ll get real interested in fractions as soon as he realizes that the fraction of your nominal salary that you actually take home is a major factor in your well-being.
water_moon over 11 years ago
My 3 year old knows fractions! “I want TWO quarters of apple!”
sierraseven over 11 years ago
If Chi Chi Rodriguez and Zsa Zsa Gabor had had a child, would she have been Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney?