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' Yes, they do practice what they
preach. Teacher Colin Niles looks through various Freshman Keith Wingert learns where
disks to determine classroom effectiveness. planes cross in his Freshmen Algebra III / IV class. (L. Class Work
(J. GALLENTINE ) WINGERT )
Becomes
Much More
Useful
W
hen am I ever going to use this?"
The math department decided to
try to answer the question most
frequently heard from the students.
Several practical applications of the for-
mulas taught for years in the math classrooms
were presented to the students. These
applications ranged from subjects as complex
as the physics that many students would go
on to study to the most basic survival once
mom and dad no long~r paid the bills.
Students enrolled in physics were often
assaulted with an enormous amount of new
ideas which they were expected to digest
quickly. Thanks to math topics, at least one
area, vectors. seemed familiar.
While many of the students who enrolled
in math last year didn't plan to go on to phys-
ics, many were looking ahead to a life free of
mom and dad's guiding influence. The con-
sumers math class gave students a chance to
taste some of these freedoms by asking them
to plan a budget to live by when they left home.
Many students soon found that their hopes far
exceeded their resources. Because of their
-- past experience, at least a few would not be
so shocked when they found life away from
home more difficult than they had planned.
Now that the department has taken it's
first steps toward answe!ing the most fre-
quently heard question, perhaps it could an-
swer number two, "Why didn't I study more
for that test?"
Biff Raleigh
till "".
Junior Mark Canada shows that the compu- Teacher George Walters explains the 153
ters many applications extend into freetime as he plays FOIL method of factoring to Sophomore Amy Brown and
the game Time-out. (J. GALLENTINE ) classmates. (A. DAVIS )
