Posted by AuntieMel on February 2, 2006, at 13:29:41
In reply to FRUSTRATION -- or 'Would you say that to a man?', posted by Racer on February 1, 2006, at 21:13:19
It was probably someone with math phobia. I (finally) graduated when I was 36, so it probably isn't an age thing.
My minor was math. But where I went they didn't try to talk anyone out of anything. If there was room you got in, pretty much, and it was sink or swim.
I'm betting on the phobia. And the high schools don't seem to be prepping kids right for higher math at all. I tutored for a while and was amazed at how many people (these are college kids) who couldn't even work fractions.
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