algebra
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“I wish they’d taught me something useful at school, like Sphinx, instead of all that algebra.”
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“What are you going to do, attack Hitler with algebra?”
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While their Catalina and Sequoia sites are certainly breathtaking, Josepho — which is just minutes from the city — was an accessible haven from the hustle and bustle of algebra tests, essay deadlines and school drama.
From Los Angeles Times
Roughly one in eight freshmen lack rudimentary high-school math skills, defined as geometry, algebra and algebra 2.
“And this is Teresa. We go to Red Knot together. Told you I always see people from school. Teresa’s in the theater club. We had algebra together.”
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