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If We Talked About Soccer the Way We Talk About Math

2015

Endless drills: 'nobody said soccer was supposed to be fun.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-if-we-talked-about-other-subjects-the-way-we-talk-about-math--if-we-talked-about-soccer-the-way-we-talk-about-math/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"Today, I want you to run this passing drill another 60 times." "I hate soccer!" "Hey, nobody said soccer was supposed to be fun."

Topics
Math Culture › Math Anxiety & AttitudesMath Culture › Procedural vs. Conceptual Understanding
Level
All Ages
Themes
For Teachers (Classroom Satire)Teachers & ClassroomGrowth MindsetInspirationSportsLiterature & Myth