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Re:Who or What Broke My Kids? by Terr_ on Saturday May 31, 2014 @03:38PM (#7827021)
I disagree: The teacher's job is to teach mathematical reasoning, not to teach students to retain meteorological trivia from earlier in the day.
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Re:Who or What Broke My Kids? by xsmasher on Saturday May 31, 2014 @05:25PM (#7827324)
That's why I hope the teach corrected this student:

> [One student] though the probability was 50% since it would either rain or not.

His or her mathematical reasoning was wrong; having two options does not mean there is a 50-50 chance.

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