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A teacher who made mistakes on purpose

He was worried about losing them. He could write equations on the blackboard all day long, but if he didn’t find a way to connect with them soon, they’d never master multiplication up to 100. One day, once again concerned about reaching his third-graders, he was lost in thought and wrote “3 x 4 = […]

You’re right, Marvin, looks like I slipped up there.” He was about to continue business as usual, but as he wiped away the chalky numbers, a thought hit him and he paused mid-swipe. Others still simply couldn’t stand a wrong line on the blackboard, while some plain loved to play math detective. By the time half the class had joined in on the continued scavenger hunt, they simply didn’t want to be left out.

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