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Quadratic… Quadcopter

October 30, 2019

A student's mind drifts from 'quadratic' to 'quadcopter' to an online video of an eagle attacking a drone.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-10-30-quadratic-quadcopter/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Student (reading): "'Find a quadratic such that its…'" / "Quadratic… Quadcopter…"

Teacher: "Did you solve the problem?" Student (with phone): "Better: I found a video of an eagle savaging a drone!"

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