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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index

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To: Live2Sail who wrote (45830)12/16/2005 12:43:30 PM
From: BWACRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
<The way math is taught in our schools bores most students. It could be taught in a better way, IMO>

Like actually applied/related to the usage in real world situations and every day problems? Rather than 'two trains going opposite directions at 35mph, how far apart are they after 4 hours and when do they meet again', etc.

Geometry example. Rather than talking about a bunch of triangles on the blackboard. Go physically prove or disprove the walls of the building/classroom are "square" using the Pythagorean (sp?) theory of right triangles.
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