In a scene not too uncommon in today’s world, local dad Alan Devlin reassured his high school son, Keith, with an enthusiastic “You got this!” to cover for having absolutely no idea how to help him with his Algebra homework.
Keith, a sophomore at Quadratic High, initially welcomed his dad’s encouragement. “At first, I thought he was just trying to boost my confidence,” Keith said. "But then I realized he had absolutely no clue what he was talking about when he started using phrases like “x equals whatever you want it to be” and “Try dividing by zero.”
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It can be pretty dry to study but I sometimes found my own nuggets of fun in there and started to dig further, enough to get a sense of the structure and what’s where.
For much of it, it’s useful to just read the headings and maybe skim the actual paragraph. The ones that are relevant to your interests will naturally catch your eye, and the rest of it will stick in your brain as “wait, there’s a law about that.”