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In article <stone.718289960@cwis> stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone) writes:
>
>So Mattel is going to market a dollie that says
>"Math class is tough!"---so what?  People have
>been bitching about math classes since the dawn
>of time---boys and girls alike---so obviously
>the vast majority of people out there MUST agree
>with this sentiment; all Mattel is doing is having
>their little plastic pals voice what is undoubtedly
>on every child's mind.  The point is, EVERYONE IS
>ALREADY CONVINCED OF IT, SO WHO CARES IF A TOY
>REPEATS IT?  If a child is going to take a liking
>to math, then he/she/it won't give a tinker's
>damn what some stupid toy has to say about it.
>
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The problem (IMO) is not in the expression of difficulty, but the lack
of a resolution, as in "That math class was tough, but I *understand*
the material."  Without a clear indication of tense, children tend to
take the concepts as immediate and with no resolution.

>
>
>T.R. Stone
>University of Nebraska-Omaha
>Where, yes, as you might have guessed, I'm doing
>Grad work in Applied Math...


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