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Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin by tornato7 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:45PM (#24053192)
Getting my house remodeled I realized that the contractors do probably 50x as much math as I do on a daily basis, and I'm the one with a math degree. Go figure.
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Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin by agumonkey on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:24PM (#24054129)
You did trig fights ?

ps: school should make kids build more stuff, you get real use case for a lot of mathematical thinking out of cute stuff hands on.

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Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin by blaser-waffle on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:29PM (#24054182)
I agree, but 1) that's expensive, and 2) more shop class means more kids accidentally nailing their hands to things.

Source: my brother nailed his hand to something in middle school. He's got a Ph.D now, for the record.

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