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In a message dated 4/7/2003 4:49:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dcannon@... writes:> Never lie to your kids - if algebra makes you want
> to schedule a
> root canal instead, you may as well say so upfront. You can
> honestly say "I never really got it, but lots of folks do and
> love it. It certainly seems to come in handy for some things; I
> have always been aware that there was a hole in my knowledge
> because I don't get it. If you want to learn it, I bet you can
> do so without more effort than it is worth" or something
> similar.

Or even better:

"I took twelve (or 16) years of math---including algebra, geometry, trig,
stats, calculus, and physics---and look at me! <G> I can't even BEGIN to tell
you where to start! And I'm math-phobic! And I made A's! <G>"

~Kelly, giggling out loud!


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