Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

What Then?

2015

A frantic student holding a pencil demands to know the next step from a teacher who stands with hands on hips.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-what-then/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Student (holding pencil and paper): "Okay, I hold my pencil, but WHAT THEN?!"

[Teacher stands, hands on hips]

Topics
Math Culture › Problem SolvingMath Culture › Productive Struggle
Level
All Ages
Themes
Teachers & ClassroomFor Teachers (Classroom Satire)Student LifeGrowth Mindset