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Sitting down for yet another forty-two min-
Not everybody dreaded math though, in fact
utes in one of her most dreaded subjects,
some students would go as far as to say that
freshman Molly Macfadyen armed herself with
·- whether it was how to graph a line , or how to they loved it.
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her eraser and notebook. She tried to keep
an open mind while learning the day's topic,
"My love for math is based partially on my
curiosity and my want to understand the
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Macfadyen wasn't the only student who had
Love for math was not necessarily based on
ftS find local minimums and maximums of a graph. world," sophomore Alec Larsen said .
... which teacher you have. I have Mr. Jurgens everyone in the world because it's the same
a less-than-loving opinion about math .
the class itself, though.
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"Math is a universal language understood by
"I don't like math , but I think it depends on
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However, sometimes students who love math
it more fun ," freshman Khylie Kight said .
A lot of times, if a student didn't like math , it
look over the numbers associated with math
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was due to a long day's work and little move-
entirely. Contrary to popular belief math has
very little to do with numbers at all , but rather
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"I understand the math problems, I just have
"It is not uncommon for me to spend an hour
a tendency to fade away (during math class),
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and that's why I don 't really like math ," sopho-
working on a math problem with no numbers in
it at all. I encourage anyone who does not like
more Alyssa Vance said .
One of the perks students could have as
E seniors was being able to have the choice not math to take a second look. It's possible that
you 're like me. I don't like numbers," Larsen
to take a math class.
said .
"I'm sort of glad that I didn't take a math
Whether students were breezing by or trudg-
:::s class this year because it means less home- ing through math, students made it through
yet another year and were bettered, overall, by
work, and I've got enough as it is . So, it's nice
"' to have the time off," senior Kathy Longley their classroom experience.
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