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sorcrow

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1. huh?

Reply to Boojatta (Original post)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 07:48 PM

Feb 2012

The first sentence "Modern mathematics doesn't make complete sense" is suspect. What doesn't make sense? Kids in school are having trouble with arithmetic, not just mathematics. Saying "math is hard" doesn't help the situation.

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