Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
understand of how to use math in their daily lives.
That is something I talk about with my students every day. There is no reason to learn math unless you have a use for it. (Of course, some of my smarty-pants kids say then that they shouldn't have to learn it because they have no use for it!) Some day ..........

EDIT --- Rereading that it sounds backwards of what I was trying to imply but you guys know what I mean. My excuse for lack of clarity is that my mind is not on what I was writing right now cuz we are off to Baskin Robbins to get an ice cream cone!