Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 02, 2023

The thing that I’ve noticed is that as soon as one of the blatherers says something like “she’s done this perfectly for 27 times this year” she’ll immediately flub it. Happens well over 50% of the time.

Wow!!! Four Questions and 4 Answers!

You never know exactly what will eventually be relevant or useful in some way some time in the future.

Is that a comic book inside his school book?

On another note, the weirdest sports statistics now are about who the players are dating.

She isn’t missing anything with you around.

Very useful. Calculate the odds of getting caught with a comic in your math book. (note: I can’t)

I watch football games occasionally, but don’t have the sound on.

Even if you never use it, learning math helps train your brain to solve puzzles with discipline and precision. Math was my least favorite subject, but I’m glad for each semester of it into college and that I even dabbled a little in calculus.

I wish they would let you shut off the announcers and keep the sound of the game. With all the computer options, I don’t know why that isn’t one of them.

If you can (thanks to Sirius it is a lot easier now) watch a football game with the sound mutes and listen to the radio broadcast instead. The radio stays far more focused on the game without all the irreverent side stories.

She likes her job! That’s news.

Math is not about numbers. It is about problem solving.

You will do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division regularly in your life. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are critical for success in life.

Adults often aren’t good listeners. After a while, no wonder kids stop asking questions.

Caulfield is not a DE-tractor. He’s a DIS-tractor. But, good, experienced teachers, such as Mrs. Olsen, learn early how to DE-fuse students’ efforts and continue with the lesson.

The way math is traditionally taught stresses rote abstract learning. Many experts now argue it should involve explanations of the USE of mathematical processes to make it both more understandable and interesting to learners. So his criticism of her teaching is spot on.

Weird statistics? That would be right up Caulfield’s alley.

Not to mention, he’d be great at talking about something other than the game itself.

Caulfield, what do you plan to do after you leave school? Live on welfare?

In fact, I do watch sports on TV. You know which “sport” gets the least coverage (like, none)? Distance running. Ever wonder why that is, Mr. Mallett? (Hint: It’s because it would cause gargantuan, monumental boredom in anyone who tuned in for more than 2 minutes out of simple curiosity as to what the network could conceivably have been thinking.)