Not Quite The Formula For Success
(For the final exam, the teacher allows the math class to bring two specific notes pages, as well as one index card with any additional formulas they want to have available on the test. During the test, a couple of students ask questions:)
Student #1: “I don’t see #1 on my notes pages.”
Teacher: “It’s not there, but there was a formula.”
Student #1: “Where would it be?”
Teacher: “I don’t know where you wrote it.”
Student #1: “Do you know the formula?”
Teacher: *pause* “Yes.”
Student #1: *tries to hand notes to teacher* “Will you write it for me?”
Teacher: “No.”
Student #2: “I’m confused on how to do these two problems.”
Teacher: “Those require you to use either the Law of Sines or the Law of Cosines.”
Student #2: *blank look*
Teacher: “…or use ‘eeny, meeny, miny, moe,’ since it’s multiple choice.”
Student #2: “Works for me.” *circles answer*
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