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What Students Learned In Math Class Over the years, we have found that one of the students’ greatest criticisms of any math class is their claims that they didn’t learn anything. I, therefore, as part of their final, have the students list ten things they learned. These things could be anything at all in relation to the class. They are allowed to write their list ahead of time and bring them to the final if they want. Most observations are quite normal, but some make for interesting reading. Here are some of the classics for this year from my Math In The Real World class, spelling errors included. 1. I learned that I hate story problems. Of course, I actually always knew that, so maybe I didn’t learn it after all. 2. I learned that I can’t treat a college math class like I treated my high school math class. At least I can’t if I want to pass. 3. I learned not to date guys I sit by named Adam. I tried two different ones on two different 4