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Apr-09-05, 06:12 PM (EST)
 
"Math sucks... and you suck more."
 
   Oh my God! WHY?!? Why would you ever create a site that says it's for 5th-7th graders, and use graduate-level information to explain theorems? I'm 19 years old, and I'm in graduate-level calculus now, and I barely understand some of this stuff... What you're doing to young minds is horrible. Why confuse kids and make them hate math even more than they already do?


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Math sucks... and you suck more. Anonymous Apr-09-05 TOP
  RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. alexb Apr-09-05 1
  RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. anonymous Apr-10-05 2
  RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. Benny Apr-10-05 3
     RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. mexicano Apr-13-05 4
         RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. anonymous Apr-14-05 5
             RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. Tiffany Apr-14-05 6
  RE: Math sucks... and you suck more. Sherri Apr-14-05 7

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alexb
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Apr-09-05, 06:20 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   Well, thank you.

>Oh my God! WHY?!? Why would you ever create a site that says
>it's for 5th-7th graders,

Does it? Where?

>and use graduate-level information
>to explain theorems?

Can you please be more specific. By my last estimate, there are more than 1000 pages, and I certainly can point to quite a few suitable the middle school.

>I'm 19 years old, and I'm in
>graduate-level calculus now, and I barely understand some of
>this stuff...

Again, I'd be grateful for a few specific pointers.

>What you're doing to young minds is horrible.

This is a first. Really.

>Why confuse kids and make them hate math even more than they
>already do?

There is no reason I can think of.


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anonymous
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Apr-10-05, 05:51 PM (EST)
 
2. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   hey i like totally agree with you about using graduate level information to explain the theorems but its kinda sad that you dont understand some of this stuff because im an 8th grader(13) and i understand every thing this site is explaining...and im no bookworm so dont think its cause i study alot that i know this suff cause i dont have such a good grade in pre-algebra...okay?


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Benny
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Apr-10-05, 05:51 PM (EST)
 
3. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   i think this site is really really really cool!
Everyone calls me a geek but i don't care because i still
drink beer. up the Mathematicians!!!


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mexicano
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Apr-13-05, 06:44 PM (EST)
 
4. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   i dont speak english very well; nevertheless i undertand almost everything of this page


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anonymous
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Apr-14-05, 10:25 AM (EST)
 
5. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   HEY! i am a 12 year old schoolgirl and i totallie disagree that this site is too difficult...i understand more than 80% of the pages i viewed.BUT i agree, maths sucks.My school maths is too fast for me to understand...sighz...


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Tiffany
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Apr-14-05, 02:14 PM (EST)
 
6. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   I agree with the 19 yr. old ...way to make ppl feel good!.....i think the directions are not clear @ all i mean im not the smartest kid in my class but.....this is definately not as great as some ppl are saying it is.And im only in 8th grade!!

_Tiffany_;)


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Sherri
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Apr-14-05, 10:55 PM (EST)
 
7. "RE: Math sucks... and you suck more."
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   Honestly, I think it is my God, also. Perhaps you should quit lamenting about how "hard" your math is and wish that when you were younger, your teachers would have challenged your mind and then you could be grateful that you were given the tools to think with logic. There are many young minds that are far beyond the thinking realm of the normal teenager. Why shouldn't they be challenged instead of being bored out of their mind with elementary math problems. I teach a high school geometry class to 7th graders that are apparently smarter than you and less whiny!


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