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Originally Posted by kerry
Good math teachers are always in demand.
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My mother keeps telling me that I should look into teaching vocational math. Might be cool, I don't have any pride around teaching blue collar as opposed to scientific math. False modesty aside, I did pretty well with calculus and analytic geometry but have had no opportunity to make use of those exact skills, maybe some mental strength was gained in the process, not sure. If I had become an actuarial or designer of economic models, those items would have been of more value, no doubt.
I've encountered numerous strong young men who wanted to advance in construction and other trades skills but were hampered by their inability to read, add, and subtract fractions, as in, on a tape measure. Metric might be better but let's face it, ain't gonna happen here short of a divine interference.