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March 13th, 2009, 10:33 AM
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I get this question a lot. Students ask me, "When will I ever use this stuff?", meaning mathematics. Or, what is even more irritating, "What vocation can I go into where no math is involved?" This site addresses the first question. When I answer the second question, I sometimes refer to 'deep frying chicken' or 'riding on the back of a garbage truck', but I'm not sure those vocations are entirely 'math free'. They probably need to know that the placement of the decimal point in their paycheck amount is important.
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Originally Posted by masters  I get this question a lot. Students ask me, "When will I ever use this stuff?", meaning mathematics. Or, what is even more irritating, "What vocation can I go into where no math is involved?" This site addresses the first question. When I answer the second question, I sometimes refer to 'deep frying chicken' or 'riding on the back of a garbage truck', but I'm not sure those vocations are entirely 'math free'. They probably need to know that the placement of the decimal point in their paycheck amount is important. | Sylite monk, at least they will always have a pillar on which to lay their head.
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March 14th, 2009, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by masters I get this question a lot. Students ask me, "What vocation can I go into where no math is involved?" | They might as well kill themselves then. Unless they want to live on the street for the rest of their life, they will be using math in their day-to-day duties. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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