I wonder how many people consider this question to Garrison Keillor by Kathryn, a fifth grade teacher, a joke?

My question is: Do I drag all 27 of my fifth graders through least commom denominators, greatest common factors, and so on; or do I merely wait for them to get a job teaching fifth grade (that's when she said she learned them), letting them teach themselves?

Fact or joke, is it acceptable to make teachers the butt of a joke now? I hope not. Or is that good, in that we're recognized in different circles as are ministers, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists and sales people? Hmmm.


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