Is There a Fire?!
Students flee in panic. Is there a fire? Worse: they don't know how to do a problem.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-20-is-there-a-fire/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Fleeing students: "Panic! Run!" "Save yourself!" Bystander: "Oh no! Is there a fire?!" Student: "Worse! We don't know how to do a problem!"