Am sithin' mad

[ars_longa]

You will never need to know algebra. I have never once used it and never once even rued that I could not use it.

Yeah, right. I'm a moron so it's not a big deal for everyone to be the same kind of a moron I am.

Why do I complain, though? As long as people are thinking something like that I'll have some means to pay my bills, after they come to me crying, unable to pass 'this damn class that is, o horror, required to get a diploma'.

You'll never need math. Yeah, right. Listen to him, girl, the country needs more cheap workers to do unqualified jobs.

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[dswdiane.livejournal.com]

I once had a class of students in which I was the graduate teaching assistant send me a dozen roses.

I taught Abnormal Psych. I didn't make it easy. I taught a lot of information not in the book. But I made it make sense. Students appreciated that. I was once told I had the highest student evaluations scores of any GTA in my psych department.

And yes, it was a lot of work and a lot of preparation, but it was worth it to do it well. But not worth it to essentially get paid only about $5/hr not counting lecture preparation time and test making and grading.

I know what you're talking about. And I have taught my son most of his math and science even when has been able to attend school. (he spent most of three years in the school system's home school program because he was too depressed to atttend classes).