Jordan+S's+Op-Ed+Article

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It consumes me, controls me, and drives me insane! It ruins my afternoons and weekends too! It irritates me, frustrates me, and makes me so mad! It dictates my life and squashes me like a meaningless, disgusting bug!

Trigonometry! Pre-Calculus! You haunt me day and night! Monotonous homework looms above me like a dark storm cloud, unpredictable and distressing.

Problem after problem is the same! What purpose does this serve? When will I ever graph rational functions in the real world? NEVER!

The only bearable part of the class is Mr. Kellogg’s jokes and random tangents. OTOH (On the other hand), I will never, ever feel the need to measure the height of a flagpole for fun!

Trig and pre-calc, I refuse to let you be the death of me! Less than a semester left in your treacherous entanglement and then I’ll be free! I’ll be freer than a baby dove who has just learned how to fly! No more silly, useless, worthless math for me!